From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 23 17:31:08 2009 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 64ADD1065672 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:31:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Ggatten@waddell.com) Received: from mailhost0.waddell.com (mailhost0.waddell.com [12.154.38.61]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09E5E8FC16 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:31:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Ggatten@waddell.com) Received: from mailhost3.waddell.com (mailhost3.waddell.com [10.1.10.28]) by mailhost0.waddell.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n5NHURUf003808; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:30:37 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from Ggatten@waddell.com) Received: from mailhost3.waddell.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id C743059C8D; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:30:26 -0500 (CDT) Received: from wadpexf0.waddell.com (wadpexf0.waddell.com [192.168.204.24]) by mailhost3.waddell.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB09859C8C; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:30:26 -0500 (CDT) Received: from WADPEXV0.waddell.com ([192.168.204.25]) by wadpexf0.waddell.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:30:26 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:30:25 -0500 Message-ID: <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793F08B@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: you're not going to believe this. Thread-Index: Acn0J7d9+OsJkP4gRROFW7t4Na915AAAB0Eg References: <20090622230729.GA20167@thought.org><20090623145227.GA22803@thought.org><20090623155204.GB42357@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> From: "Gary Gatten" To: "Wojciech Puchar" , "FreeBSD Mailing List" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Jun 2009 17:30:26.0400 (UTC) FILETIME=[4BC76E00:01C9F428] Cc: Gary Kline Subject: RE: you're not going to believe this. 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: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:31:08 -0000 If it's fast enough to allow one to work unimpeded, has acceptable lifetime/reliability, and uses less power/generates less heat than traditional platter HD - I'd say it's a good solution. It's not a one size fits all world. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Wojciech Puchar Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 12:25 PM To: FreeBSD Mailing List Cc: Gary Kline Subject: Re: you're not going to believe this. > 99.8% solution waiting for the 99.9% solution. > > As for "emulating a hard drive", its only slow relative to potential it's a nonsense to pay for emulation layer that slows down real devices. And random filesystem writes could be much faster on flash than on disk -=20 if properly designed _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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