Re: Completely un-tuned Postgresql benchmark results: SSD vs desktop HDD

From: Yeb Havinga <yebhavinga(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Michael March <mmarch(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Completely un-tuned Postgresql benchmark results: SSD vs desktop HDD
Date: 2010-08-08 10:12:07
Message-ID: 4C5E82F7.8040700@gmail.com
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Michael March wrote:
> If anyone is interested I just completed a series of benchmarks of
> stock Postgresql running on a normal HDD vs a SSD.
>
> If you don't want to read the post, the summary is that SSDs are 5 to
> 7 times faster than a 7200RPM HDD drive under a pgbench load.
>
> http://it-blog.5amsolutions.com/2010/08/performance-of-postgresql-ssd-vs.html
>
> Is this what everyone else is seeing?
I tested a SSD with a capacitor and posted conclusions here
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2010-07/msg00449.php

regards,
Yeb Havinga

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