From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Zach Brown Subject: Re: Future Linux filesystems Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:27:30 -0700 Message-ID: <484FFCF2.9020006@oracle.com> References: <484F9D02.1090305@wpkg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org To: Tomasz Chmielewski Return-path: In-Reply-To: <484F9D02.1090305@wpkg.org> List-ID: > SSD is still very expensive when compared to traditional hard disks. When measured by GB/$, sure. Many data centers, though, care more about (ops/sec) / ($ * power * heat). SSDs look much more compelling by that metric. - z