On Dec 15, 2009, at 4:46 PM, Mike Schrag wrote: >>> My only doubt for a database server would be if the workload implied a lot >>> of *sustained* writes. Thats a point where SSDs just don't cut it. >> And not just that. Intel SSDs, for instance, start to get very very slow at >> some point, due to the way the data is being organized, shuffled, stored, >> etc, inside the drive to avoid hitting the same cells over and over. The >> only way to fix it is to perform a low level format. > I'm running into this on my Intel ... I had AMAZING performance > out-of-the-box. Read still seems very fast (for instance, I can reboot and be > logged back in within a couple of seconds), but write performance is starting > to suck. >
That's by design; they have to find a way to sell you a *faster* drive in the not so distant future :-) The real reason of course is the lack of TRIM on the Mac OS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM_(SSD_command) If any body knows about a utility that can TRIM an HFS+ volume, I'm all ears ! HG _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-deploy mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-deploy/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
