On 2008-04-29, Morris, Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been reading around the archives a bit and found a few > references to using 4.3 to get the full performance out of a > Transcend SSD but my results are showing that the drive is > slower on all fronts.
Do you mean, slower with 4.3 than previous versions, or slower than spinning hard drive? > Anyone know if there is a magic switch I can throw to make > the OS use this type of drive at full speed? If we had a magic switch, it would already be set.. With your dd tests, you're missing the area where flashcards/SSD have a big performance advantage (heavy seeking/random reads).