> Design decisions like write-ahead logs, large page sizes, and buffering table writes in bulk were built around disks where I/O was SLOW, and where sequential I/O was order(s)-of-magnitude faster than random.
Overall speed is irrelevant, what mattered was the relative speed difference between sequential and random access.
And since there's still a massive difference between sequential and random access with SSDs, I doubt the overall approach of using buffers needs to be reconsidered.
Overall speed is irrelevant, what mattered was the relative speed difference between sequential and random access.
And since there's still a massive difference between sequential and random access with SSDs, I doubt the overall approach of using buffers needs to be reconsidered.