This is the best write-up I've seen yet on quantifying what SSDs are good and bad at in a database context: http://www.bigdbahead.com/?p=37 -- * Greg Smith gsmith@[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@[EMAIL PROTECTED] ) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance