Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 073C41337BA3 for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2011 19:35:08 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 18368-08 for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2011 23:35:01 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from ns210619.ovh.net (ns210619.ovh.net [188.165.206.83]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 936A81337BA5 for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2011 19:35:00 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ns210619.ovh.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 523373D1E35B; Mon, 7 Feb 2011 00:36:07 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at ns210619.ovh.net Received: from ns210619.ovh.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ns210619.ovh.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id TFc58w8xMEVQ; Mon, 7 Feb 2011 00:35:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (135.87.220.87.dynamic.jazztel.es [87.220.87.135]) by ns210619.ovh.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id A43213D1E349; Mon, 7 Feb 2011 00:35:52 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4D4F3005.90600@linos.es> Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:34:29 +0100 From: Linos User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101230 Lanikai/3.1.7 ThunderBrowse/3.3.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andy CC: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: general hardware advice References: <245106.95588.qm@web111306.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <245106.95588.qm@web111306.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201102/272 X-Sequence-Number: 42410 ah ok, i was not sure about this point, thanks. Regards, Miguel Angel El 06/02/11 21:38, Andy escribió: > > --- On Sun, 2/6/11, Linos wrote: > >> I am studying too the possibility of use an OCZ Vertex 2 >> Pro with Flashcache or Bcache to use it like a second level >> filesystem cache, any comments on that please? >> > > OCZ Vertex 2 Pro is a lot more expensive than other SSD of comparable performances because it comes with a supercapacitor that guarantees durability. > > If you're just using the SSD as a cache, you don't need durability. You could save a lot of money by getting SSDs without supercapacitor, such as Corsair Force. > > > >