Thanks guys!
After doing some additional reading and your comments I think
staying with FreeBSD coupled with a good RAID controller would
probably be the least hassle, reliable, and good performing
setup.
I am looking at a dual Xeon box using an Adpatec 2200S RAID
controller with the write
Kenji M wrote:
I had been considering the same setup, but it might make sense just
to use 3 disk RAID5 with hot spare ready. The new RAID controller
implementation might not buy us much by using 0+1 vs. 5.
Any thoughts?
I doubt many databases recommend RAID-5; using RAID 0+1 is likely to be a
Hello everyone, first time list leech.
I am in the process of speccing out a high end PC to be used
as a database server for PostgreSQL. We are currently running
MySQL on Linux, but want to migrate our code to PostgreSQL and
we are primarily a FreeBSD shop.
I am currently specing a 2U dual
Kenji M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello everyone, first time list leech.
I am in the process of speccing out a high end PC to be used
as a database server for PostgreSQL. We are currently running
MySQL on Linux, but want to migrate our code to PostgreSQL and
we are primarily a FreeBSD
On Jun 3, 2004, at 5:42 PM, Kenji M wrote:
I am currently specing a 2U dual Xeon server and hope to use
RAID 0+1 capability. The question is for PostgreSQL admins...
1) Which RAID controller should we use?
You haven't mentioned whether you plan to use SCSI or IDE drives. The
PERC RAID
