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Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video]

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Re: Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video]

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tl;dr, Vibration due to shouting causes measurable impact on spinning disk performance, increasing io latency. I guess this wouldn't apply to SSD's though?

I can personally attest that there is an extreme version of this effect: do not use hard disk in PA/DJ situations... I crashed several of my early disks due reading MP3 data proximal to a certain pair of 18" push-pull PA subwoofers...

Re: Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video]

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post #6

tl;dr, Vibration due to shouting causes measurable impact on spinning disk performance, increasing io latency. I guess this wouldn't apply to SSD's though?

Are datacentres transitioning to SSDs ? Or have they already?

SSDs are used in datacenters, though in my experience they haven't completely replaced spinning rust. Typically I see flash as a (large) cache layer or for more important stuff, with spinning rust for bulk storage.

Re: Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video]

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post #6

tl;dr, Vibration due to shouting causes measurable impact on spinning disk performance, increasing io latency. I guess this wouldn't apply to SSD's though?

Are datacentres transitioning to SSDs ? Or have they already?

Yes, for primary disks and cache tiers. Archival storage and large disks are still on HDD, usually through some SAN vendor that handles replication and performance.
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