Peter, My guess is that if you had said something along the lines of "We have developed some SSD support software that makes SOLR work better. I would like to open a conversation here (link to external discussion)" that would have been reasonably well received. One of the things that makes SPAM and form letters so annoying is that you are devaluing the recipient by clearly not taking them into account. Being one line in a mail merge table is not considered by most to be a great goal in life.
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Peter Velikin <pe...@velobit.com> wrote: > All, > > Point taken: my message should have been written more succinctly and just > stuck to the facts. Sorry for the sales pitch! > > However, I believe that adding SSD as a means to accelerate the > performance of your Solr cluster is an important topic to discuss on this > forum. There are many options for you to consider. I believe VeloBit would > be the best option for many, but you have choices, some of them completely > free. If interested, send me a note and I'll be happy to tell you about the > different options (free or paid) you can consider. > > Solr clusters are I/O bound. I am arguing that before you buy additional > servers, replace your existing servers with new ones, or swap your hard > disks, you should try adding SSD as a cache. If the promise is that adding > 1 SSD could save you the cost of 3 additional servers, you should try it. > > Has anyone else tried adding SSDs as a cache to boost the performance of > Solr clusters? Can you share your results? > > > Best regards, > > Peter Velikin > VP Online Marketing, VeloBit, Inc. > pe...@velobit.com > tel. 978-263-4800 > mob. 617-306-7165 > > VeloBit provides plug & play SSD caching software that dramatically > accelerates applications at a remarkably low cost. The software installs > seamlessly in less than 10 minutes and automatically tunes for fastest > application speed. Visit www.velobit.com for details. > > > >
