Agreed, SSD with SandForce controllers are the only way to go. The controller makes a world of difference.
-Moazam On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Tim Cook <t...@cook.ms> wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Orvar Korvar > <knatte_fnatte_tja...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> "Your system drive on a Solaris system generally doesn't see enough I/O >> activity to require the kind of IOPS you can get out of most modern SSD's. " >> >> My system drive sees a lot of activity, to the degree everything is going >> slow. I have a SunRay that my girlfriend use, and I have 5-10 torrents going >> on, and surf the web - often my system crawls. Very often my girlfriend gets >> irritated because everything lags and she frequently asks me if she can do >> some task, or if she should wait until I have finished copying my files. >> Unbearable. >> >> I have a quad core Intel 9450 at 2.66GHz, and 8GB RAM. >> >> I am planning to use a SSD and really hope it will be faster. >> >> >> >> >> $ iostat -xcnXCTdz 1 >> >> cpu >> us sy wt id >> 25 7 0 68 >> extended device statistics >> r/s w/s kr/s kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t %w %b device >> 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0 0 c8 >> 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0 0 c8t0d0 >> 37,0 442,1 4489,6 51326,1 7,5 2,0 15,7 4,1 98 100 c7d0 > > Desktop usage is a different beast as I alluded to. A dedicated server > typically doesn't have any issues. I'd strongly suggest getting one of the > sandforce controller based SSD's. They're the best on the market right now > by far. > > --Tim > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
