From: Stuart Henderson (stuspacehopper.org)
Date: Tue Apr 29 2008 - 16:04:42 CDT

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On 2008-04-29, Morris, Roy <rmorrisinternetsecure.com> wrote:
> I have been reading around the archives a bit and found a few
> references to using 4.3 to get the full performance out of a
> Transcend SSD but my results are showing that the drive is
> slower on all fronts.

Do you mean, slower with 4.3 than previous versions, or slower
than spinning hard drive?

> Anyone know if there is a magic switch I can throw to make
> the OS use this type of drive at full speed?

If we had a magic switch, it would already be set..

With your dd tests, you're missing the area where flashcards/SSD
have a big performance advantage (heavy seeking/random reads).

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