Re: SSD --- The reliability of
"Penang" <kalambong@gmail.com> wrote in message news:18466f6d-fc6f-4b26-a73a-bb27fc9e697c@z4g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > Please pardon me if this topic has been discussed before, but as far > as I know about the Flash memory, they have a relatively low limit on > re-write, as compared to hard disk > > In situation where database use in concern, read and write operation > takes place very often > > I know that there are pros and cons in this issue, but basically my > question is this --- How reliable is SSD? Nobody knows. It hasn't been in wide use long enough. Bear in mind, though, that it is much higher quality memory than used in USB flash drives, so it should last quite a bit longer than your basic 16 gig stick for $24.99.
Here's an article on a company that has been using it for close to 5 years - I was tracking this when looking at MMOGs: http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid5_gci1357855,00.html# The article from 2006 can be read here: http://mmorpg.qj.net/Eve-Online-and-Virtual-Reality/pg/49/aid/10781 They seem very satisfied with the adoption - hefty price tag though.. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:28 PM, MF <boom@spamsucks.com> wrote: > "Penang" <kalambong@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:18466f6d-fc6f-4b26-a73a-bb27fc9e697c@z4g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > > Please pardon me if this topic has been discussed before, but as far > > as I know about the Flash memory, they have a relatively low limit on > > re-write, as compared to hard disk > > > > In situation where database use in concern, read and write operation > > takes place very often > > > > I know that there are pros and cons in this issue, but basically my > > question is this --- How reliable is SSD? > > Nobody knows. It hasn't been in wide use long enough. Bear in mind, > though, that it is much higher quality memory than used in USB flash drives, > so it should last quite a bit longer than your basic 16 gig stick for > $24.99. > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list >
On 12 Aug, 22:42, Rajesh Nair <rohin.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's an article on a company that has been using it for close to 5 years - > I was tracking this when looking at MMOGs:http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid5_gci135... > > The article from 2006 can be read here:http://mmorpg.qj.net/Eve-Online-and-Virtual-Reality/pg/49/aid/10781 > > They seem very satisfied with the adoption - hefty price tag though.. > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:28 PM, MF <b...@spamsucks.com> wrote: > > "Penang" <kalamb...@gmail.com> wrote in message > >news:18466f6d-fc6f-4b26-a73a-bb27fc9e697c@z4g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > > > Please pardon me if this topic has been discussed before, but as far > > > as I know about the Flash memory, they have a relatively low limit on > > > re-write, as compared to hard disk > > > > In situation where database use in concern, read and write operation > > > takes place very often > > > > I know that there are pros and cons in this issue, but basically my > > > question is this --- How reliable is SSD? > > > Nobody knows. It hasn't been in wide use long enough. Bear in mind, > > though, that it is much higher quality memory than used in USB flash drives, > > so it should last quite a bit longer than your basic 16 gig stick for > > $24.99. > > _______________________________________________ > > Informix-list mailing list > > Informix-l...@iiug.org > >http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list Hmm getting 400,000 IOPS/second and this was a 4000% improvement, years before 2006 the HP XP12000 disk array did 500,000 IOPS and that is a single array. The current top end HP XP24000 does 3.5 million IOPS.. http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/downloads/4AA1-3271ENW.pdf