Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE0882E378F for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:11:21 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 57256-03-6 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:11:15 -0400 (AST) Received: from cassarossa.samfundet.no (cassarossa.samfundet.no [129.241.93.19]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EF5F2E3859 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:05:30 -0400 (AST) Received: from trofast.ipv6.sesse.net ([2001:700:300:1803:20e:cff:fe36:a766] helo=trofast.sesse.net) by cassarossa.samfundet.no with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JHx5Q-0004ma-H4 for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:05:25 +0100 Received: from root by trofast.sesse.net with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1JHx5P-0002sR-Iv for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:05:23 +0100 Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:05:23 +0100 From: "Steinar H. Gunderson" To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Making the most of memory? Message-ID: <20080124080523.GA10979@uio.no> Mail-Followup-To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org References: <4796BE84.9030803@centriccrm.com> <47979C15.3040406@burntmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.20.4 on a x86_64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200801/209 X-Sequence-Number: 28448 On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 07:54:24PM -0500, Greg Smith wrote: > (a standard mechanical drive under heavy write load also wears out faster > than one doing less work). Wasn't this one of the myths that was dispelled in the Google disk paper a while ago? /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/