> At the same time SSDs (Solid state drives) have become powerful enough > that they could be used as a data cache for normal hard drives. In > many respects, hard drives have gotten so large (2TB+) that the measily > 4-16G of ram systems typically have isn't really enough to efficiently > cache the active data set. Even a small SSD, say 40G, would > provide a huge performance boost to systems serving large data-sets, > not to mention revitalize older servers and make data serving a lot > more cost effective by allowing less sophisticated workstation-class > or even consumer-class hardware to be used.
I could readily envision using a 15k RPM scsi/sas spinny disk for this too. Cool thinking Matt. -michael
