On 7/6/09 1:43 AM, "Scott Carey" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On 7/5/09 11:13 PM, "Mark Kirkwood" <markir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Craig Ringer wrote: >>> On Sat, 2009-07-04 at 11:51 -0700, Patvs wrote: >>> > There is no reason to go RAID 1 with SSD's if this is an end-user box and > the data is recoverable. Unlike a hard drive, a decent SSD isn't expected > to go bad. Clarification -- normal hard drives are expected to have a chance of dying within the first few months, or days. SSD's are expected to wear down slowly and die eventually -- but better ones will do so by entering a read-only state. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance