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Date: Wed,  4 Mar 2009 22:55:04 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] threads vs forks
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On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 10:32:55PM -0500, J.R. Mauro wrote:
> What types of things degrade their performance? I'm interested in
> seeing other data than the handful of benchmarks I've seen. I imagine
> writes would be the culprit since you have to erase a whole block
> first?

Being full.  Small random writes, too, although much more so for
run-of-the-mill SSDs than for FusionIO.

> Beyond that, though, I feel very shaky just hearing the term "wear
> leveling". I've had more flash-based devices fail on me than hard
> drives, but maybe I'm just crazy and the technology has gotten decent
> enough in the past couple years to allay my worrying. It would just be
> nice to see a bit stronger alternative being pushed as hard as SSDs.

Using MLC or SLC NAND? :-p