From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 13 18:50:05 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A37AA106566B for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:50:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 275A38FC15 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:50:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm16 with SMTP id 16so4680161fxm.13 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:50:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=N5n5Nw0JYx3xDcr1laNEqo6DIHTON0tkGkffIK5GSqI=; b=RHDCbppqYlT5zzMgfy9cUMQkd6IxBrQCBE5e0I7PiyjJ1y7T3yUc1pQgCW1SRTArnt jdAdQcaa1G7uFM4PlCbI/c9Qilexn9Dhs3p2I7A81E6Q9DUaNOhJtqHbPsg2VbH7hmUl 3+HlJyvTXS72FQGgRyPKtzmdF61qOGgmprpLk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=XLNgVka1XgeWoggUKir8SNU8ne3VZWv51mHio0Ufr4Oux8JBMcqeyHR024korIIwjx oVsdXTUYyw8DHoCtGzN+htRUH9vLKf/NQQXMHnvAA6KLNR0pK/LawFuErxCKEQa3ZnwM vkGtO9NDKNmLIgJ/N8wjeq6s3fbsn13Ts2aT0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.103.198 with SMTP id l6mr3447280fao.99.1297623003918; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:50:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.94.67 with HTTP; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:50:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20110213181223.GD55168@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20110213073814.GC57674@guilt.hydra> <20110213092353.GA58281@guilt.hydra> <20110213073801.65518b9c@scorpio> <20110213131051.00001ebf@unknown> <20110213085805.72f0132d@scorpio> <20110213164748.GB60459@guilt.hydra> <20110213181223.GD55168@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:50:03 -0600 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Frank Shute Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Maxim Khitrov , FreeBSD Subject: Re: FreeBSD and SSD drives X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:50:05 -0000 On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Frank Shute wrote: > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:05:51PM -0500, Maxim Khitrov wrote: > > > > > > Can you guys please take Microsoft bashing elsewhere? This thread is > > about FreeBSD and SSDs - a topic I'd like to hear more about from > > people with first-hand experience in running such setup. > > > > - Max > > Agreed. I posted my short experience of using an SSD as a workstation > drive and I'd be interested in hearing the experience of any other > users. Problems? Praise? Let's hear it. > I have two personal SSD's, one an older PATA model in my laptop and an X-25 serving as a ZIL. I have had a great experience with them, but I know the Intel doesn't properly obey cache flush requests even with updated firmware so I guess that would be my biggest problem with them. -- Adam Vande More