Why Your SSD (Probably) Sucks and What Your Database Can Do About ItDatabase system developers have a complicated relationship with storage devices: They can store terabytes of data cheaply, and everything is still there after a system crash. On the other hand, storage can be a spoilsport by being slow when it matters most.This blog post showshow SSDs are used in database systems,where SSDs have limitations,and how to get around them.When are SSDs fast?When we colloquially talk about speed, we u...