Re: [tlug] Making better use of SSDs?

[Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com>]

Hi Edward,


On Monday, May 28, 2012 04:33 PM, Edward Middleton wrote:
> On 05/28/2012 12:20 PM, Raymond Wan wrote:
> > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Jason Frisch<jfrisch@example.com>   wrote:
> > > Why does your employer want SSD for starters? Just because it's the latest
> > > thing, or are you facing performance problems.
> >
> >
> > :-)  Bingo!  Yes, because it is the latest thing...
> >
> > The idea is just being discussed and nothing has been purchased.  I
> > was only helping with seeing how it can be used under Linux.
>
> You could benchmark the btrfs space cache feature[1].
>
> Edward
>
> 1.
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=btrfs_space_cache&num=1


Thanks for the link!  I didn't know about btrfs as an option 
so I probably wouldn't have even searched for it.  I would 
have just taken a pick between Ext4 or Swap...

Thanks -- it was a very interesting read!

Ray