| From: | Vick Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org> |
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| To: | pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: SSDs with Postgresql? |
| Date: | 2011-04-18 18:01:59 |
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On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 5:17 AM, Henry C. <henka(at)cityweb(dot)co(dot)za> wrote:
> When the super-fast SSD-based machine fails, switching to a (slower)
> standard
> hard-drive based machine provides continuity and buys time while we get the
> primary machine back online.
>
The question you should ask yourself is: can my business run at needed
capacity on the slower spinning media? Our answer was "no", so we ended up
with a second SSD array for the backup server as well. It was *still*
totally worth the metric gazillion dollars that they cost.
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