SSDs are the future of high performance storage. With most consumer SSDs overpovisioning is a common way to keep write performance high.
On Linux you can use hdparm to create a host protected area with the main advantage that you do not need to struggle with partitions or slices - just use the whole disk as usual. read http://www.thomas-krenn.com/de/wiki/SSD_Over-Provisioning_mit_hdparm Has anyone compiled hdparm for Illumos or know about a Solaris tool to create a host protected area? sdparm? https://www.illumos.org/issues/2899 Gea ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
