For this particular test cache_size didn't matter much...actually ran a touch faster with smaller cache (although may be within the margin of error)
I dropped the cache_size to 125 pages (which matches the 16X increase in page size that I did) On SSD: time sqlite3 gen.db <gen.sql real 3m55.124s user 0m43.293s sys 0m36.095s Compared with 2000 default cache_size: time sqlite3 gen.db <gen.sql real 4m4.816s user 0m43.606s sys 0m34.004s So it appears that the database size reduction seems to make most of the difference here. And here's how I generate the test data: #include <stdio.h> int main () { int i; char s[513]; for (i = 0; i < 512; ++i) s[i] = '0'; s[512] = 0; printf("pramga page_size=16384;\n"); printf("pramga cache_size=125;\n"); printf("CREATE TABLE [TestTable] ( [Id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, [Text] TEXT);\n"); printf("begin;\n"); for (i = 0; i < 1000000; ++i) { printf ("INSERT INTO TestTable (id, text) VALUEs (abs(random() %% (1 << 48)), '%s');\n", s); } printf("commit;\n"); return 0; } Michael D. Black Senior Scientist Advanced Analytics Directorate Advanced GEOINT Solutions Operating Unit Northrop Grumman Information Systems ________________________________ From: sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org [sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org] on behalf of Simon Slavin [slav...@bigfraud.org] Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 3:53 AM To: General Discussion of SQLite Database Subject: EXT :Re: [sqlite] SSD with TRIM On 16 Jan 2012, at 7:18am, Max Vlasov wrote: > Michael, thanks for the info, your tests confirms some advantages of ssd, > at least on some of the current platform (linux, can you confirm?). > Probably the page size is a parameter that also should be adjusted for > optimal performance. I suppose it can be different for different ssd > models, but it's just a guess. Optimal page size is related to cache size. And the design of standard desktop computers means you have at least two levels of cache between your CPU and your hard disk surface. And your SQLite app may not be the only thing running on the computer that wants frequent disk access. So figuring out an optimal page size isn't easy. Simon. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users