> Striping in LVM makes a fantastically huge difference. The > database import time was reduced by 50% when striped across > 10 3390-9 vs non-striped.
Hmm. I wonder whether it would improve even more if you broke the large volumes down into a number of smaller minidisks? I get the impression that the more spindles you have, the better it works, and you might be better off with paying a head movement penalty to break a mod 9 into a bunch smaller minidisks and LVM the heck out of it. Might be worth a try. -- db
