On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Claus Assmann
ca+openbsd_m...@esmtp.org wrote:
I was about to buy an OCZ Vertex 2 SSD when I read that firmware
updates for that kind of SSD require some M$ Windows version. Is
someone using SSDs with a high IOPS rate (the Sandforce controller
claims 45-50
On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:17:17 -0500
Brad Tilley b...@16systems.com wrote:
Do they really fail that often?
My current understanding is that a mostly empty SSDS electronics will
fail before it forgets what it's written but a mostly full and busy SSD
may start forgeting fairly soon, unless it
On Nov 30 12:32:16, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:17:17 -0500
Brad Tilley b...@16systems.com wrote:
Do they really fail that often?
My current understanding is that a mostly empty SSDS electronics will
fail before it forgets what it's written but a mostly full and busy SSD
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:44:51 +0100
Jan Stary h...@stare.cz wrote:
On Nov 30 12:32:16, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:17:17 -0500
Brad Tilley b...@16systems.com wrote:
Do they really fail that often?
My current understanding is that a mostly empty SSDS electronics
Kevin Chadwick wrote:
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:44:51 +0100
Jan Stary h...@stare.cz wrote:
On Nov 30 12:32:16, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:17:17 -0500
Brad Tilley b...@16systems.com wrote:
Do they really fail that often?
My current understanding is that a mostly empty SSDS
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 05:42:51PM +, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:44:51 +0100
Jan Stary h...@stare.cz wrote:
On Nov 30 12:32:16, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:17:17 -0500
Brad Tilley b...@16systems.com wrote:
Do they really fail that often?
Kevin Chadwick wrote:
I almost completely agree, but also disagree and yes I'd say it's not
worth getting into again. I would have to check the latest developments
as I can imagine an algorithm which solved the problem during idle
periods or didn't use it's full capacity but currently I don't
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Brad Tilley b...@16systems.com wrote:
Kevin Chadwick wrote:
I almost completely agree, but also disagree and yes I'd say it's not
worth getting into again. I would have to check the latest developments
as I can imagine an algorithm which solved the problem
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:09:14 +0100
Claudio Jeker cje...@diehard.n-r-g.com wrote:
sandforce controller
Noted, nice one Claudio.
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:21:06 -, Brad Tilley b...@16systems.com wrote:
Also, I just noticed that the high-end Intel SSDs claim 2,000,000 hours
MTBF. I wonder why they market that number and then say 3 year
warranty. There's only roughly 26,280 hours in a three year period.
I wonder how
On 11/30/10 13:56, Robert Bronsdon wrote:
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:21:06 -, Brad Tilley b...@16systems.com wrote:
Also, I just noticed that the high-end Intel SSDs claim 2,000,000 hours
MTBF. I wonder why they market that number and then say 3 year
warranty. There's only roughly 26,280 hours
On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:01:51 -0800
Claus Assmann ca+openbsd_m...@esmtp.org wrote:
software? I would like to try an SSD as mail queue FS etc.
I'm not sure if that is a good idea. SSDs are Flash memory and have a
limited read/write cycle. The firmware tries to optimize this by not
always writing
buying a new SSD to replace your burned out one every year is still
cheaper than building a 15k sas drive raid set with equivalent
performance.
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Robert info...@die-optimisten.net wrote:
On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:01:51 -0800
Claus Assmann ca+openbsd_m...@esmtp.org
On 29-Nov-10 11:56, Ted Unangst wrote:
buying a new SSD to replace your burned out one every year is still
cheaper than building a 15k sas drive raid set with equivalent
performance.
Yes, but I that kind of performance is over-kill for a mail server.
Unless you are pushing well over 1 gb/s
On 11/28/10 20:01, Claus Assmann wrote:
I was about to buy an OCZ Vertex 2 SSD when I read that firmware
updates for that kind of SSD require some M$ Windows version. Is
someone using SSDs with a high IOPS rate (the Sandforce controller
claims 45-50 kIOPS) which can be updated under some freely
On 11/28/10 20:01, Claus Assmann wrote:
I was about to buy an OCZ Vertex 2 SSD when I read that firmware
updates for that kind of SSD require some M$ Windows version. Is
someone using SSDs with a high IOPS rate (the Sandforce controller
claims 45-50 kIOPS) which can be updated under some
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Nick Holland
n...@holland-consulting.net wrote:
Assuming your firmware update utility works through the USB interface (I
suspect it would, they have to be doing some kind of command abstraction,
since they probably don't wish to deal with all the potential
On 11/29/10 18:42, Ted Unangst wrote:
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Nick Holland
n...@holland-consulting.net wrote:
Assuming your firmware update utility works through the USB interface (I
suspect it would, they have to be doing some kind of command abstraction,
since they probably don't
On 11/29/2010 02:56 PM, Ted Unangst wrote:
buying a new SSD to replace your burned out one every year is still
cheaper than building a 15k sas drive raid set with equivalent
performance.
I've been using an inexpensive Kingston SSD for more than a year now in
a 4.6 box. It works fine and I've
On 11/29/2010 02:56 PM, Ted Unangst wrote:
buying a new SSD to replace your burned out one every year is still
cheaper than building a 15k sas drive raid set with equivalent
performance.
I've been using an inexpensive Kingston SSD for more than a year now in
a 4.6 box. It works fine and
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Claus Assmann
ca+openbsd_m...@esmtp.org wrote:
I was about to buy an OCZ Vertex 2 SSD when I read that firmware
updates for that kind of SSD require some M$ Windows version.
Don't know how the Intel SSD's compare performance wise but you can
upgrade their
I was about to buy an OCZ Vertex 2 SSD when I read that firmware
updates for that kind of SSD require some M$ Windows version. Is
someone using SSDs with a high IOPS rate (the Sandforce controller
claims 45-50 kIOPS) which can be updated under some freely available
software? I would like to try
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