Re: Phoronix article slaming BTRFS

Mike Ramsey
2009-06-24T02:20:10Z

Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw <at> ithnet.com> writes:

[snip]
>
> Can someone explain to a quite naive person like me why one should be
> interested in SSDs that perform worse than Intel? Why shouldn't I just buy the
> best-performing product? This is a moving market, and it is obvious that the
> bad performers will be left behind...
> If you really care to fiddle with ssd options then use a real bad hw for
> testing the performance - take an ide interface and connect a CF card.
> This is a common setup for embedded usage and frequently used. Everything in
> between CF and Intel will just be dead before your fs options will become
> really stable. So why loose time with it?
>

Depends on who you talk to.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ocz-ssd-vertex-intel-solid-state,7127.html

"OCZ Says Its New Vertex SSD Beats Intel's X25-E"

I am not taking sides. I am just saying that the SSD market is fluid.

--Mike Ramsey