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SSDs have become fast, except in the cloud

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589 points greghn | 3 comments | 20 Feb 24 16:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.609s | source
1. ksec ◴[21 Feb 24 03:36 UTC] No.39449867[source]▶
This got me thinking about the recent Rails improvement on moving cache from RAM to SSD. The test they did from what I remembered was RAM at 0.8ms and SSD was ~1.5ms. Moving to SSD you could afford to cache 10x more data and still be cheaper. Now I wonder if the test results would be the same on cloud. Assuming they tested it locally.
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2. samtheprogram ◴[21 Feb 24 03:42 UTC] No.39449897[source]▶
They (Basecamp) recently moved off of cloud, so I’m wondering if they even care for their particular use case.

I’m sure this is configurable in general though?

3. aditya ◴[21 Feb 24 03:49 UTC] No.39449934[source]▶
got a link to the rails improvement?

nvm, found it: https://dev.37signals.com/solid-cache/