From: Daevid Vincent
Date: October 25 2010 8:52pm
Subject: RE: Is SSD suitable for mysql server?
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> I guess it depends on how important your data is too.  Quite 
> a few of the SSDs on the market have been proven to not 
> honour flush requests, so if the power goes out you've got 
> corrupted data.

Uh. If you're not using a UPS battery backup then you deserve to loose your
data. And if you don't have it configured to auto-power off when it's low
on battery (extended outtage) then you also deserve to feel the resulting
pain. (http://www.apcupsd.com/)