Re: SSDs with Postgresql? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Vick Khera
Subject Re: SSDs with Postgresql?
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In response to Re: SSDs with Postgresql?  ("Henry C." <henka@cityweb.co.za>)
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On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 5:17 AM, Henry C. <henka@cityweb.co.za> wrote:
When the super-fast SSD-based machine fails, switching to a (slower) standard
hard-drive based machine provides continuity and buys time while we get the
primary machine back online.

The question you should ask yourself is: can my business run at needed capacity on the slower spinning media?  Our answer was "no", so we ended up with a second SSD array for the backup server as well.   It was *still* totally worth the metric gazillion dollars that they cost.

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