Marc Bevand <m.bevand <at> gmail.com> writes: > > Well let's look at a concrete example: > - cheapest 15k SAS drive (73GB): $180 [1] > - cheapest 7.2k SATA drive (160GB): $40 [2] (not counting a 80GB at $37) > The SAS drive most likely offers 2x-3x the IOPS/$. Certainly not 180/40=4.5x
Doh! I said the opposite of what I meant. Let me rephrase: "The SAS drive offers at most 2x-3x the IOPS (optimistic), but at 180/40=4.5x the price. Therefore the SATA drive has better IOPS/$." (Joerg: I am on your side of the debate !) -marc _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
