Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the heads up - I have obtained a 300 G SSD that I will experiment with.
I will let you know if I find the same result.
Richard suggested using XFS and putting the metadata onto the SSD. I have never worked with XFS before so if you are anyone else has any experience with splitting metadata from an XFS file system to a different drive from the data, guidance would be excellent!!
Thanks again for helping me work this issue through!
-John
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Jeff Morriss
<jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
John Powell wrote:
I am looking at using a SSD for my OS and my Capture volume which may help out with the Disk IO issue but eliminating the copy from the /TMP would definitely be an asset.
I found it interesting that at one of the Sharkfest presentations a few years ago one of the CACE tech (now Riverbed) guys said NOT to use SSDs for high-speed capturing. IIRC they had tried them and found them slower than old-fashioned high-speed disks for continuous writing.