ssd

After more than a month of flooding, the news from the major HDD manufacturers this week is that things are beginning to improve.

It’s taken some time for the cleanup to get going, but hopefully some good news is on the way.

In this series we've been working over the 2.6.32 kernel, which is a bit old. Let's kick the tires on a 2.6.38.2 kernel to see if it helps or hurts performance of the SandForce SSD. Continue reading →

Don't let a spare/old SSD turn into a paperweight, it can be used effectively as a secondary drive under a number of different circumstances.

In this installment of our series examining the performance of SandForce-based consumer SSDs we dig into he IOPS performance of the drive.

How does it stand up to an enterprise-class SSD? Let's find out. Continue reading →

The last two articles have presented an initial performance examination of a consumer SandForce based SSD from a throughput and IOPS perspective.

In this article a deeper examination of the throughput performance of the drive is made along with a comparison to an Intel X-25E SSD.

I think you will be surprised at what is discovered. Continue reading →

SandForce has developed a very interesting and unique SSD controller that uses real-time data compression. This affects data throughput and SSD longevity.

In this article, we perform an initial examination of the IOPS performance of a SandForce 1222-based SSD.

The results can be pretty amazing. Continue reading →

At SNW, Fusion-io set up a video wall with 4,500 streams all being fed through a single SSD card with 6GB/sec throughput.

SandForce has developed a very interesting and unique SSD controller that uses real-time data compression. This can improve performance (throughput) and extend the life of the SSD but it hinges upon the compressibility of your data.

This article is the first part in a series that examines the performance of a SandForce 1222-based SSD and the impact of data compressibility. Continue reading →

Do you have a brand new SSD? Do you plan to partition it? Let's talk about the best way to set up your SSD so partitions -- and the resulting file systems -- align on page boundaries, thus improving performance and minimizing the number of rewrite cycles. Continue reading →

LinuxDevices: "The P1585 includes a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, a 15-inch touchscreen, hard disk or solid state disk (SSD) storage, waterproof I/O ports, and an IP67-compliant, stainless-steel case, the company says."