[mythtv-users] SSD disk for DB

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Fry" <joe at thefrys.com>

> Actually you are both right and wrong. Any storage media based on solid
> state storage would be considered an SSD. There are definitely SSD's based
> on volatile memory coupled with a battery to preserve data during reboots
> and short outages, however they are generally only used in special
> applications. These days its rare to hear someone talk about that type
> of SSD in the context of consumer products.

Well, perhaps.  But in fact, one of the most common places that RAM-SSDs
were used was *underneath fast-moving tables in big databases*, so you might
understand why that was where my mind went first.

That was when it was impractical to buy a motherboard that would take
256GB of SDRAM, much less of a problem today.  Today, you put it on a 
ramdisk, and make your bootscripts copy it in and out.

And make sure you have a *really* good UPS. :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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