Re: kernel work week of 3-Feb-2010 HEADS UP
> 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
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