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Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 12:12:07 +0200
From: Yeb Havinga <yebhavinga@gmail.com>
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To: Michael March <mmarch@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Completely un-tuned Postgresql benchmark results: SSD
	vs desktop HDD
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Michael March wrote:
> If anyone is interested I just completed a series of benchmarks of 
> stock Postgresql running on a normal HDD vs a SSD.  
>
> If you don't want to read the post, the summary is that SSDs are 5 to 
> 7 times faster than a 7200RPM HDD drive under a pgbench load.
>
> http://it-blog.5amsolutions.com/2010/08/performance-of-postgresql-ssd-vs.html
>
> Is this what everyone else is seeing?
I tested a SSD with a capacitor and posted conclusions here 
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2010-07/msg00449.php

regards,
Yeb Havinga