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Why would anyone want to put DB log on a SSD?

I keep hearing about people who want to get SSD for their databases. But instead of putting their tables on SSD, quite often people want to put their DB log on SSD while leaving their tables on ...
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Experience with Intel X25-M 160GB and Oracle

We're considering building an Oracle database with 12 Intel X25-M G2 160GB drives in software RAID10. It'd be running Linux. Database gets some very heavy write activity during the early morning data ...
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What is the optimal strip size/full stripe size on a RAID 10 array for a database server?

I'm setting up a new SqlServer database server at work. The machine is a HP Proliant DL368 Gen9 with the SSD disks. When trying to create the array, I have to select the stripe/full stripe size. This ...
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8 x 15k SAS hdd disk with raid 0 performance vs single SSD disk for database [closed]

Which one has a better performance for database application (e.g. postgres) if we just consider read/write operations speed and not fault tolerance 8 x 15k SAS hdd disk with raid 0 single SSD disk
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