On: The Five-Minute Rule 20 Years Later

[ehsanul]

I can't find the specific link, but here's the marketing pitch: http://www.sun.com/x64/intel/zfs_solution_brief.pdf

Also, Googling for "sun hybrid storage" without the quotes will give you more information.

Edit: Here's a good explanation of how ZFS incorporates flash in its L2ARC, with benchmarks: http://blogs.sun.com/brendan/entry/test

Edit2: I found a higher-level explanation of flash in ZFS. What I didn't realize is that the software is all free to use commercially, though you'd have to be on open solaris: http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/not_a_flash_in_the