I have read a large chunk of this, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who has been participating in the drive discussions. It is most informative!!
Alex Turner netEconomist On 4/14/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greg, > > I posted this link under a different thread (the $7k server thread). It is > a very good read on why SCSI is better for servers than ATA. I didn't note > bias, though it is from a drive manufacturer. YMMV. There is an > interesting, though dated appendix on different manufacturers' drive > characteristics. > > http://www.seagate.com/content/docs/pdf/whitepaper/D2c_More_than_Interface_ATA_vs_SCSI_042003.pdf > > Enjoy, > > Rick > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/14/2005 09:54:45 AM: > > > > > Our vendor is trying to sell us on an Intel SRCS16 SATA raid controller > > instead of the 3ware one. > > > > Poking around it seems this does come with Linux drivers and there is a > > battery backup option. So it doesn't seem to be completely insane. > > > > Anyone have any experience with these controllers? > > > > I'm also wondering about whether I'm better off with one of these SATA > raid > > controllers or just going with SCSI drives. > > > > -- > > greg > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your > joining column's datatypes do not match > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
