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this will be great as soon as hosting providers give the option of "disk space using SSD". Until then, a solution like this binds you to buying your own server
by jhancock 17y ago
this will be great as soon as hosting providers give the option of "disk space using SSD". Until then, a solution like this binds you to buying your own servers. Maybe I'm misreading their web site, but they do list SSD as their first "feature".
- pg 17y agoIIRC there already is at least one.
- leif 17y agoWe talked to some datacenters, and they said they've been playing with SSDs for a while (I don't remember whether they're offering this to all their customers yet). One interesting thing one mentioned is that with traditional SSDs, they see a noticeable drop in performance after the drive is about 1/3 full, which seems to come from the controller's need to remap and erase free sectors during downtime (which they don't get under enterprise loads). Our approach will let them use the entire drive up to capacity.
- mmcgrana 17y agoSoftLayer offers SSD options on their monthly dedicated servers, in particular 32 & 64GB "Intel SLC SSD" drives.