Re: Intel SSDs that may not suck

Not for user data, only controller data.

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>Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 14:11:10 -0700 (PDT)
>From: pgsql-performance-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org (on behalf of Andy <angelflow(at)yahoo(dot)com>)
>Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Intel SSDs that may not suck
>To: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>,Scott Carey <scott(at)richrelevance(dot)com>
>Cc: "pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>,Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
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>--- On Wed, 4/6/11, Scott Carey <scott(at)richrelevance(dot)com> wrote:
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>> I could care less about the 'fast' sandforce drives. 
>> They fail at a high
>> rate and the performance improvement is BECAUSE they are
>> using a large,
>> volatile write cache. 
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>The G1 and G2 Intel MLC also use volatile write cache, just like most SandForce drives do.
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