On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Yeb Havinga <yebhavinga@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> strange values mean. It's too bad however that OCZ doesn't let the user >> choose which firmware to run (the tool always picks the newest), so after >> every upgrade it'll be a surprise what values are supported or if any of the > > That right there pretty much eliminates them from consideration for > enterprise applications. As much as I've been irritated with Intel for being intentionally oblique on the write caching issue -- I think they remain more or less the only game in town for enterprise use. The x25-e has been the only drive up until recently to seriously consider for write heavy applications (and Greg is pretty skeptical about that even). I have directly observed vertex pro drives burning out in ~ 18 months in constant duty applications (which if you did the math is about right on schedule) -- not good enough IMO. ISTM Intel is clearly positioning the 710 Lyndonville as the main drive in database environments to go with for most cases. At 3300 IOPS (see http://www.anandtech.com/show/4452/intel-710-and-720-ssd-specifications) and some tinkering that results in 65 times greater longevity than standard MLC, I expect the drive will be a huge hit as long as can sustain those numbers writing durably and it comes it at under the 10$/gb price point. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
