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Subject: Re: Some ZFS+NFS benchmarks (OpenSolaris)
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The OCZ Vertex Turbo SSD used in this paper is a "consumer toy" grade 
SSD, completely unsuitable for use as a ZFS log device.  Its small block 
synchronous write performance is about equivalent to a small RAID of 
traditional HDDs.


- Andrew