On Aug 11, 2010, at 9:30 PM, Greg Smith wrote: > Scott Carey wrote: >> What is the likelihood that your RAID card fails, or that the battery that reported 'good health' only lasts 5 minutes and you lose data before power is restored? What is the likelihood of human error? >> > > These are all things that happen sometimes, sure. The problem with the > cheap SSDs is that they happen downright often if you actually test for > it. If someone is aware of the risk and makes an informed decision, > fine. But most of the time I see articles like the one that started > this thread that are oblivious to the issue, and that's really bad. > Agreed. There is a HUGE gap between "ooh ssd's are fast, look!" and engineering a solution that uses them properly with all their strengths and faults. And as 'gnuoytr' points out, there is a big difference between an Intel SSD and say, this thing: http://www.nimbusdata.com/products/s-class_overview.html > -- > Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US Baltimore, MD > PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support > greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.2ndQuadrant.us > -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
