X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C4BFD9E25 for ; Mon, 3 Oct 2005 08:02:32 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 70238-09 for ; Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:02:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cassarossa.samfundet.no (cassarossa.samfundet.no [129.241.93.19]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B6A6D9E19 for ; Mon, 3 Oct 2005 08:02:28 -0300 (ADT) Received: from trofast.ipv6.sesse.net ([2001:700:300:dc03:20e:cff:fe36:a766] helo=trofast.sesse.net) by cassarossa.samfundet.no with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EMO5U-00072f-OL for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:02:30 +0200 Received: from sesse by trofast.sesse.net with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1EMO5S-0007Lt-00 for ; Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:02:26 +0200 Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 13:02:26 +0200 From: "Steinar H. Gunderson" To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Ultra-cheap NVRAM device Message-ID: <20051003110226.GA26883@uio.no> Mail-Followup-To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.11.8 on a i686 X-Message-Flag: Outlook? --> http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.013 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.013] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200510/12 X-Sequence-Number: 14780 I thought this might be interesting, not the least due to the extremely low price ($150 + the price of regular DIMMs): http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20050907/index.html Anybody know a good reason why you can't put a WAL on this, and enjoy a hefty speed boost for a fraction of the price of a traditional SSD? (Yes, it's SATA, not PCI, so the throughput is not all that impressive -- but still, it's got close to zero seek time.) /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/