June 20, 2013

Comment: MySQL and Percona Server in LinkBench benchmark

… used O_DIRECT when I tested) might not be from PCI-e flash card (cached etc..). But it might be from LinkBench…

Comment: MySQL and Percona Server in LinkBench benchmark

Some PCI-e flash card (e.g. FusionIO’s) driver seems to use main memory as …

Comment: MySQL and Percona Server in LinkBench benchmark

…. (10x data 30G BP 600sec measure after (maybe) enough warmup; PCI-e flash) threads ops/sec 64 around 8000 16 around 8000…

Post: MySQL and Percona Server in LinkBench benchmark

… test we used a PowerEdge R720 box with a fast PCI-e flash card as storage. By default linkbench dataset has 10M…

Comment: Testing the Micron P320h

….com/2010/06/15/virident-tachion-new-player-on-flash-pci-e-cards-market/) and found it to be significantly faster than…

Post: Virident tachIOn: New player on Flash PCI-E cards market

… names at that time, it was just a guess, as PCI-E market is really attractive so FusionIO can’t stay alone…

Comment: FlashCache: tpcc workload with FusionIO card as cache

… of PCI-e SSD? If so, what’s topping other suppliers from entering this market? Is there any legit reason why a PCI-e SSD should be so much more expensive than a regular SATA SSD like X25-E? Or is this…

Post: Intel 320 SSD read performance

….ssdperformanceblog.com/) While PCI-e Flash cards show great performance, I am often asked about alternatives, as price for PCI-e cards is still…

Comment: FlashCache: tpcc workload with FusionIO card as cache

… groomer, etc). There’s a lot more to designing a PCI-E NAND flash card that will run stable in a 24×7… throwing a bunch of flash and a controller on a PCI-E card. Flash is very complicated to run stable at high…

Comment: Virident tachIOn: New player on Flash PCI-E cards market

… have a single point of failure. If a PCI card fails, even with two PCI-e cards as RAID 1, you will end…