Re: Best-performing disk I/O options for a DBMS server on 7-STABLE

2008-06-16 Thread Karl Denninger
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 10:30:01AM +0100, Pete French wrote: I assume SCSI is the best path forward (either SA/SCSI or traditional) but have been out of the loop on the card(s) that work properly for a good long while. HP P400 cards are PCI express and SAS - they work very well under

Re: Best-performing disk I/O options for a DBMS server on 7-STABLE

2008-05-08 Thread Claus Guttesen
What's the best option? Assume PCI/Express bus, having to buy a card AND disk(s) are fine. I assume SCSI is the best path forward (either SA/SCSI or traditional) but have been out of the loop on the card(s) that work properly for a good long while. What's my best option? I have a HP

Re: Best-performing disk I/O options for a DBMS server on 7-STABLE

2008-05-08 Thread Andrew Snow
Karl Denninger wrote: I assume SCSI is the best path forward (either SA/SCSI or traditional) but have been out of the loop on the card(s) that work properly for a good long while. I've used several of the new 3ware SATA PCI-express cards: 2, 4 and 16 ports. They always work really well under

Re: Best-performing disk I/O options for a DBMS server on 7-STABLE

2008-05-08 Thread Pete French
I assume SCSI is the best path forward (either SA/SCSI or traditional) but have been out of the loop on the card(s) that work properly for a good long while. HP P400 cards are PCI express and SAS - they work very well under FreeBSD. I've also used the cheaper E200 and that appears to be fine

Best-performing disk I/O options for a DBMS server on 7-STABLE

2008-05-07 Thread Karl Denninger
What's the best option? Assume PCI/Express bus, having to buy a card AND disk(s) are fine. I assume SCSI is the best path forward (either SA/SCSI or traditional) but have been out of the loop on the card(s) that work properly for a good long while. What's my best option? -- -- Karl Denninger