Received: from magus.postgresql.org (magus.postgresql.org [87.238.57.229]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8159812B5667 for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2012 21:51:54 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [2404:130:0:10::40:2] (helo=mail.catalyst.net.nz) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Smwm0-0007Es-02 for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:51:54 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.catalyst.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1BAC32327 for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 12:51:34 +1200 (NZST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at catalyst.net.nz Received: from mail.catalyst.net.nz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bertrand.catalyst.net.nz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id SBMIC6fsu-v8 for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 12:51:33 +1200 (NZST) Received: from [IPv6:2404:130:0:1000:10db:e780:926c:292e] (unknown [IPv6:2404:130:0:1000:10db:e780:926c:292e]) (Authenticated sender: mark.kirkwood) by mail.catalyst.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9C0CF322C3 for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 12:51:33 +1200 (NZST) Message-ID: <4FF63695.7000201@catalyst.net.nz> Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:51:33 +1200 From: Mark Kirkwood User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120615 Thunderbird/13.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: SSDs again, LSI Warpdrive 2 anyone? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Host-Lookup-Failed: Reverse DNS lookup failed for 2404:130:0:10::40:2 (failed) X-Pg-Spam-Score: 1.6 (+) X-Archive-Number: 201207/29 X-Sequence-Number: 47210 A vendor has recommended the above drive to us - anyone have experience with it or its predecessor Warpdrive? http://www.storagereview.com/lsi_warpdrive_2_lp_display_idf_2011 http://www.storagereview.com/lsi_warpdrive_slp300_review The specs look quite good, and the cards have capacitors on them - however I can't see any *specific* mention about poweroff safety (am going to follow that up directly myself). Cheers Mark