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Fusion-io can cram more data into its ioMemory flash storage without cramping performance – at least that’s what it’s claiming about its NVM Compression technology. We are told NVM Compression is “a flash-aware interface that can double the useable capacity of ioMemory flash while eliminating the performance impact associated …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Or you could chose an enterprise grade database in the first place.

    See http://bradmcgehee.com/2010/03/08/an-introduction-to-data-compression-in-sql-server-2008/

    http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/3187/demonstrating-the-effects-of-using-data-compression-in-sql-server/

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    1. Destroy All Monsters Silver badge
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      Don't you mean PostgreSQL?

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    2. LeoP
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      Enterprise grade

      In the sense of only really big ones have a large enough legal department to work out licensing, the pockets to foot the bill and the manpower to restart from new every 3 years.

      In the meantime, the not-so-enterprisy DB is humming along nicely on some el-cheapo boxes running CentOS or whatever.

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