| From: | Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Henry C(dot)" <henka(at)cityweb(dot)co(dot)za> |
| Cc: | Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: SSDs with Postgresql? |
| Date: | 2011-04-14 18:27:34 |
| Message-ID: | BANLkTimUtTmfSqY+r+2Lty8ErQUsHQLR0Q@mail.gmail.com |
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On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 3:40 AM, Henry C. <henka(at)cityweb(dot)co(dot)za> wrote:
>
> On Thu, April 14, 2011 10:51, Craig Ringer wrote:
>> On 14/04/2011 4:35 PM, Henry C. wrote:
>>
>>
>>> There is no going back. Hint: don't use cheap SSDs - cough up and use
>>> Intel.
>>>
>>
>> The server-grade SLC stuff with a supercap, I hope, not the scary
>> consumer-oriented MLC "pray you weren't writing anything during power-loss"
>> devices?
>
> That's what a UPS and genset are for. Who writes critical stuff to *any*
> drive without power backup?
Because power supply systems with UPS never fail.
(hint, I've seen them fail, more than once)
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