Re: [GENERAL] Linux - postgres RAID

2006-01-23 Thread Rick Gigger
Thanks! That's just the sort of info I am looking for. I am definitely going with the fastest scsi drives I can get. Probably a 6 or 8 disk system. Is there a huge jump between using 4 and 6 drives, or 6 and 8 drives? On Jan 23, 2006, at 12:42 PM, Steve Atkins wrote: On Jan 23, 2006,

Re: [GENERAL] Linux - postgres RAID

2006-01-23 Thread Carlos Moreno
Rick Gigger wrote: I figure this would be a good place to ask. I want to build / buy a new linux postgres box. I was wondering if anyone on this list had some experience with this they'd like to share. I'm thinking somewhere in the $7k - 15k range. The post important things are write s

Re: [GENERAL] Linux - postgres RAID

2006-01-23 Thread Steve Atkins
On Jan 23, 2006, at 11:13 AM, Rick Gigger wrote: I figure this would be a good place to ask. I want to build / buy a new linux postgres box. I was wondering if anyone on this list had some experience with this they'd like to share. I'm thinking somewhere in the $7k - 15k range. The post

Re: [GENERAL] Linux - postgres RAID

2006-01-23 Thread Rick Gigger
Ok then, the size of the postgres data directory is about 1 GB. The OS will be a version of linux with a 2.6 kernel. 100 GB of total storage would be plenty. The load load would probably be around 2k-3k transactions / minute. I plan on doing a lot of research on my own I am just looking