[ADMIN] 6 SCSI Disks RAID 10 x 2 SCSI DISKS RAID1 + 4 SCSI Disks RAID 10

2010-05-06 Thread Renato Oliveira
Good afternoon Guys, I have been reading about RAID for PostgreSQL and some suggestions are: 6 SCSI Disks RAID10 for OS and DB Or 2 SCSI Disks RAID 1 for OS + 4 SCSI RAID 10 for DB I know the more spindles you have the better, but if you are going to be reading and writing to the same volume

Re: [ADMIN] 6 SCSI Disks RAID 10 x 2 SCSI DISKS RAID1 + 4 SCSI Disks RAID 10

2010-05-06 Thread Scott Whitney
Well, there are quite a few more variables to consider, including: a) speed of the drives b) battery backed caching controller or not c) throughput of the controller channels d) your particular use Point d is kind of the most important. We've got about 250 customers talking to the same

Re: [ADMIN] 6 SCSI Disks RAID 10 x 2 SCSI DISKS RAID1 + 4 SCSI Disks RAID 10

2010-05-06 Thread IƱigo Martinez Lasala
- From: Renato Oliveira renato.olive...@grant.co.uk To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: [ADMIN] 6 SCSI Disks RAID 10 x 2 SCSI DISKS RAID1 + 4 SCSI Disks RAID 10 Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 14:10:49 +0100 Good afternoon Guys, I have been reading about RAID for PostgreSQL