[AccessD] More on SSD...

Yes but they were doing stuff that few of us need to do.  I am paying about $250 / gigabyte.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 10/17/2010 1:18 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Hi Mark:
>
> It may be a while before I also go that route as the following may
> discourage some on this list from full-heartedly adopting the technology at
> this time. ;-)
>
> <quote>
> ...But love can be expensive. Without offering an exact price tag, Pollack
> said the solid-state array cost AOL about $20 per gigabyte, which adds up to
> about $1 million with 50TB of capacity.
> </quote>
>
> I wonder how far away $20 per terabyte can be?
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Simms
> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 7:51 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: [AccessD] More on SSD...
>
> AOL installs 50TB of SSD; boosts DB performance by 4X.
> SSD SAN installed to eliminate I/O bottlenecks caused by back-end storage.
>
> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9191079/AOL_installs_50TB_of_SSD_boos
> ts_DB_performance_by_4X
>
>