Received: from magus.postgresql.org (magus.postgresql.org [87.238.57.229]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FCAAEC7B25 for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 01:09:02 -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 1Smzqk-0001zs-Cp for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:09:01 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.catalyst.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C283320D7 for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 16:08:43 +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 bNXEtSmhh7bP for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 16:08:42 +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 11AB931D3C for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 16:08:42 +1200 (NZST) Message-ID: <4FF664C9.9000005@catalyst.net.nz> Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:08:41 +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: Re: SSDs again, LSI Warpdrive 2 anyone? References: <4FF63695.7000201@catalyst.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <4FF63695.7000201@catalyst.net.nz> 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: -1.1 (-) X-Archive-Number: 201207/43 X-Sequence-Number: 47224 On 06/07/12 12:51, Mark Kirkwood wrote: > 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). Seems like the "Warp Drive 2" was a pre-release name, "Nytro" is the actual appellation. http://www.lsi.com/channel/products/storagecomponents/Pages/SolidState.aspx Cheers Mark