On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 09:37:17 -0300, Alvaro Nunes Melo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The server is a Dual Xeon 3.0 with 2 GB RAM and two SCSI disks. Our main > doubt is what is the best configuration for the disks. We are thinking > about use them in a RAID-0 array. Is this the best option? What do you > suggest on partitioning? Separate partitions for the OS, data and pg_xlog?
You don't have a lot of options with just two disks. What are you trying to accomplish with raid? Raid 0 will possibly give you some speed up, while raid 1 will give you some fault tolerance, some speed of of reads, but cost you half your disk space. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq