"Use large block writes and small block reads" Yep. Write amplification is a big deal on SSDs and gets worse due to their internal garbage collection, if you

"Use large block writes and small block reads" Yep. Write amplification is a big deal on SSDs and gets worse due to their internal garbage collection, if you give them a high-entropy write pattern. This is not a problem though, with TokuDB. See our "advantage 3" here: http://www.tokutek.com/2012/09/three-ways-that-fractal-tree-indexes-improve-ssd-for-mysql/ http://www.tokutek.com/2012/09/three-ways-that-fractal-tree-...