Re: HTTP Mod_Perl mini-server

[Greg Stark]

Perrin Harkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Vivek Khera wrote:
> > Lately I've been getting very interested in using solid-state disks
> > for high-performance issues.  They're expensive, but if you need that
> > much speed, they're worth it.
> 
> Are they?  I tried one once, and it wasn't any faster than my normal disk
> because I had so much RAM it was all getting buffered already.  If you
> don't have enough RAM, it might help, but I suspect these are more
> expensive than equivalent amounts of RAM.

Solid state disks are very effective for particular applications like mail
spools and database logs where the application waits for data to be flushed to
disk before continuing. For most normal applications the same effect can be
obtained by adding RAM and/or playing with tools like memfs. 

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greg


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