12 Jan
                
                    2011
                
            
            
                12 Jan
                
                '11
                
            
            
            
        
    
                7:53 p.m.
            
        I just replaced my drives for Dovecot using Maildir format with a pair of Solid State Drives (SSD) in a raid 0 configuration. It's really really fast. Kind of expensive but it's like getting 20x the speed for 20x the price. I think the big gain is in the 0 seek time.
Here's what I bought.
Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC256MAG-1G1 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148349>
*   2.5"
*   256GB
*   SATA III
* *Sequential Access - Read:* 355MB/sec (SATA 6Gb/s) 265MB/sec (SATA
  3Gb/s)
* *Sequential Access - Write:* 215MB/sec (SATA 6Gb/s) 215MB/sec
  (SATA 3Gb/s)
* *Power Consumption (Active):* 2.1W READ, 4.3W WRITE
* *Power Consumption (Idle):* 0.094W
Running it on an Asus motherboard that supports SATA III - 6 core AMD CPU and 16 gigs of ram. Might be slightly off topic but this server screams!