… series on FlashCache testing when the cache is placed on Intel SSD card. This time I am using tpcc-like workload with…: In summary: on RAID final result: 2556.592 TpmC on Intel SSD X25-M: 7084.483 TpmC on FlashCache with 20% dirty pages: 2632… decent, as you can get it for 500$ ( price of Intel X25-M card) ( for this particular workload, your experience may vary!). On…
Comment: Fast storage: 8 SSD Intel X-25M 80GB benchmarks
January 19, 2010 By 15 Comments
Peter, try to check this testing result for single Intel SSD X25-m ( sorry, russian only 
– http://www.setupc.ru/wiki/moin.cgi/ssd_test_x25m
Post: FlashCache: tpcc workload with FusionIO card as cache
June 2, 2010 By 20 Comments
This run is very similar what I had on Intel SSD X25-M card, but now I use FusionIO 80GB SLC card. I …
Post: PBXT in tpcc-like benchmark
June 2, 2010 By 10 Comments
… cases on 16 cores systems. As storage system it was Intel SSD X25-M card. While full results and config are on Wiki: http…
Post: FlashCache: first experiments
May 10, 2010 By 18 Comments
… storage) * SSD-1: Intel X25-E 32GB ( 1 gen firmware) ( Model Number: SSDSA2SH032G1GN INTEL, Firmware Revision: 045C8621) * SSD-2: Intel X25-M 160GB ( 2 gen ) ( Model Number: INTEL SSDSA2M160G2GC, Firmware Revision: 2CV102HA ) * FlashCache: build over SSD-1 or SSD-2…
Post: FlashCache: more benchmarks
May 18, 2010 By 15 Comments
… setup let me address some concern (which I also had). Intel X25-M has a write cache which is not battery backuped, so… the Intel SATA/flash controller for deciding exactly where to write data..”. So I assume we should be safe running Intel X25-M with… about 70GB of data. I allocated 35GB for cache on SSD and I used 16GB and 10GB buffer pool sizes. I…
Post: SLC vs MLC
July 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
…) As obvious example here is Intel SSD cards: X25-E ( SLC) is sold as enterprise level card, and X25-M ( MLC ) is sold for mass… 160GB cards. On this way interesting to see Intel announces enterprise line for SSD card will be based on eMLC ( enterprise MLC…
Comment: SSD, XFS, LVM, fsync, write cache, barrier and lost transactions
August 24, 2010 By 32 Comments
Note that according to my tests, the Intel X25-M G2 loses data even when the write cache is disabled. I have not tested the X25-E, but I suspect this may also be an issue there? See the following for more info: http://evanjones.ca/intel-ssd-durability.html
Comment: 5.0.83-build17 Percona binaries
July 31, 2009 By 19 Comments
…imran About the Intel SSDs: Stay away from the X25-M MLC series (the bigger and cheaper ones). Thoses are the … when that happens. However, not a single problem with the X25-E SLC series, I guess the 2 series (Mainstream vs… drive capable of writing consistently over time. Too bad the Intel SLC drives are so small (32/64GB max) and so…
Comment: FlashCache: more benchmarks
August 24, 2010 By 15 Comments
…: My Intel X25-M G2 loses data, even with the write cache disabled, when writes are larger than 4 kB. I’m hoping to contact someone at Intel who might be able to say if this… will keep updated as I learn more: http://evanjones.ca/intel-ssd-durability.html
