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Why Your SSD (Probably) Sucks and What Your Database Can Do About It
Why Your SSD (Probably) Sucks and What Your Database Can Do About It.
Why Your SSD (Probably) Sucks and What Your Database Can Do About It Database system developers have a complicated relationship with storage devices: They can store terabytes of data cheaply, and everything is still there after a system crash. On the other hand, storage can be a spoilsport by being slow when it matters most.
This blog post shows
how SSDs are used in database systems, where SSDs have limitations, and how to get around them.
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jkdiaz
This is a good read if you have database intensive applications.
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