[olug] SSD write durability in production use

Obi-Wan obiwan at jedi.com
Tue Oct 14 03:15:23 UTC 2008


>  But are you willing to pay up to $800 for the best
> SSD near 80GB and $400 near 40 GB.

Seriously?  Ouch!  $10/GB is a log.  Even the 15Krpm fibre channel drives
with 100% duty cycles that we bought for our SAN at the hospital only
cost $2200 for a 1TB drive... just $2.20/GB.

-- 
Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth                             obiwan at jedi.com
   The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the
     Giver of all good things, so if I stand, let me stand on the
       promise that You will pull me through.  -- Rich Mullins



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