If you're running Oracle Database 11g Release 2 on Solaris or Oracle Linux, you can use Database Smart Flash Cache to dynamically and transparently extend the Oracle Database buffer cache into flash. This will help address I/O bottlenecks in your storage array(s) without any changes to application code, queries / reports, or data layouts on disk. You can see more info here: https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/entry/oracle_database_smart_flash_cache_only_on_oracle_linux_and_oracle_solaris -Kevin J On 5/23/12 7:27 PM, Mark W. Farnham wrote: > Take care to understand that SSD covers several vintages of "flash" as well > as other much faster storage technologies. I don't question Guy's numbers > regarding a certain vintage of flash storage. But do not paint all SSD with > that brush. Flash SSD is a kind of SSD. Not all SSD is Flash, and within the > Flash category there are wide variances in write throughput. > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Iotzov, Iordan > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 1:26 PM > To: 'oracledbaquestions@xxxxxxxxx'; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: SSD on temp or undo tablespace > > You should check this white paper by Guy Harrison - > http://www.quest.com/Quest_Site_Assets/WhitePapers/Best_Practices_for_Optimi > zing_Oracle_RDBMS_with_Solid_State_Disk-final.pdf . > It is an excellent document with lots of empirical data. > > Iordan Iotzov > http://iiotzov.wordpress.com/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Dba DBA > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:56 AM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: SSD on temp or undo tablespace > > does anyone use SSDs professionally? Projects with large budgets have large > expenses, so you would need alot of SSDs. I would think they are still > really expensive. I don't know how the professional grade SSDs compare to > the professional grade hard drives in cost either. Can you plug these into a > SAN? > I would think this is too expensive to use. I also don't know how much it > would help given that most anything that has any kind of volume is on some > kind of networked storage and that has alot of features on top of the hard > drives to help with performance. > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > This message and its attachments may contain legally privileged or > confidential information. It is intended solely for the named addressee. If > you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for > delivery of the message to the addressee), you may not copy or deliver this > message or its attachments to anyone. Rather, you should permanently delete > this message and its attachments and kindly notify the sender by reply > e-mail. Any content of this message and its attachments that does not relate > to the official business of News America Incorporated or its subsidiaries > must be taken not to have been sent or endorsed by any of them. No warranty > is made that the e-mail or attachment(s) are free from computer virus or > other defect. > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l