> $600+ for a 32 GB device isn't exactly competitive, > though the low-power and random access are > attractive. > > Look at previous SSD offerings. $600 is a steal. ;)
This isn't a performance-oriented SSD, since it's using Flash RAM (limited lifetime, slow writes). It's really meant as a hard drive replacement. So comparing it against a typical commercial SSD (multi-ported, 200K+ IOPs) doesn't quite make sense.... (Note that the 7000 IOPS quoted implies that random access is much slower than the sequential access speed; you won't see anywhere near 30 MB/sec.) Incidentally, Ritek's flash disk may be even cheaper; their 16 GB version is $169, according to their press release. I didn't see pricing for the 32 GB. (Though the press release didn't make it entirely clear whether that actually included the memory....) > SSD is not intended for the consumer space, which is sad, as I'd love to run > that > sort of thing at home. ;) But Flash memory is. ;-) > People who run larger DBs are willing to shell out several grand for what > seems like > a small amount of disk space just to tweak DB performance. SSD is cheaper than buying a fast enough set of disk arrays to get the same performance. ;-) Anton This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
