[mythtvnz] About to install Myth for the first time.

[Steve Hodge]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 15:59, Brett Davidson <brett at davidson.gen.nz> wrote:

> Steve Hodge wrote :
> >I assume you're talking about the limited lifecycle for >writes? It's not
> a problem in practice, see e.g. >
> http://storagesearch.com/ssdmyths-endurance.html. Microsoft >actually
> recommend that the Windows page file be kept on an >SSD.
>
> Nah - as Hadley commented on, some (at our end of the market) are not so
> hot on sustained write speed.
>

I think the db will have more of a random write profile rather than
sequential. It seems that manufacturers tend to optimise for sequential
access these days but even so SSDs generally work very well for databases.

Cheers,
Steve
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