Kent, I have not seen anyone do this, but I know Kevin Burton of TailRank (BCCed) has been drooling over the same idea (check his blog(s)). :)
Otis -- Lucene Consulting -- http://lucene-consulting.com/ ----- Original Message ---- From: Kent Fitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 5:54:53 AM Subject: Lucene performance using a solid state disk (SSD) Has anyone done any benchmarking of Lucene running with the index stored on a SSD? Given the performance characteristics quoted for, say, the SANDISK devices (eg http://www.sandisk.com/OEM/ProductCatalog(1321)-SanDisk_SSD_SATA_5000_25.aspx: 7000 IO/sec for 512 byte requests, 67MB/sec sustained read rate), it looks a promising match for some Lucene applications Regards, Kent Fitch --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]