On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 10:23 +0200, Dawid Weiss wrote: > This one is humorous (watch for foul language though). It does get to > the point, however, and Bergman is a clever guy: > http://www.livestream.com/oreillyconfs/video?clipId=pla_3beec3a2-54f5-4a19-8aaf-35a839b6ecaa
We installed SSDs in all developer machines in 2009 (Intel X25) and haven't looked back. They are now default for new laptops, most desktops and all search server machines (okay, except for a rusty old test machine, but that is mostly used for index building). I think one of the important points that Bergman states is that SSDs are cheaper than harddrives, if we're looking at performance instead of disk space. The gut reaction is "but they are so expensive" but when we're comparing to the alternative of RAIDing and bulking up on RAM, this often turns out to be wrong. For developer machines, the advantage of a more responsive machine is obvious. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org
