On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:31:29 -0400 Keith Worthington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Frank, > > A couple of things I wish I had been told when I started asking how to > > configure a new machine. > > Use RAID 10 (striping across mirrored disks) > or RAID 0+1 (mirror a striped array) for your data. > Use RAID 1 (mirror) for your OS > Use RAID 1 (mirror) for the WAL. > > Don't put anything else on the array holding the WAL. > > There have been problems with Xeon processors. I believe all of these issues are covered in the article, but obviously not clearly enough. I'll work on rewording that section. --------------------------------- Frank Wiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.wiles.org --------------------------------- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
