Re: [PERFORM] Postgresql and Software RAID/LVM

2005-06-07 Thread Marty Scholes
John A Meinel wrote: Isn't this actually more of a problem for the meta-data to give out in a hardware situation? I mean, if the card you are using dies, you can't just get another one. With software raid, because the meta-data is on the drives, you can pull it out of that machine, and put it in

Re: [PERFORM] Postgresql and Software RAID/LVM

2005-06-06 Thread John A Meinel
Marty Scholes wrote: >> Has anyone ran Postgres with software RAID or LVM on a production box? >> What have been your experience? > > Yes, we have run for a couple years Pg with software LVM (mirroring) > against two hardware RAID5 arrays. We host a production Sun box that > runs 24/7. > > My ex

Re: [PERFORM] Postgresql and Software RAID/LVM

2005-06-06 Thread Marty Scholes
> Has anyone ran Postgres with software RAID or LVM on a production box? > What have been your experience? Yes, we have run for a couple years Pg with software LVM (mirroring) against two hardware RAID5 arrays. We host a production Sun box that runs 24/7. My experience: * Software RAID (othe

Re: [PERFORM] Postgresql and Software RAID/LVM

2005-06-05 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 11:45 -0700, Steve Poe wrote: > I have a small business client that cannot afford high-end/high quality > RAID cards for their next server. That's a seperate argument/issue right > there for me, but what the client wants is what the client wants. > > Has anyone ran Postgres w

Re: [PERFORM] Postgresql and Software RAID/LVM

2005-06-03 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Steve Poe wrote: I have a small business client that cannot afford high-end/high quality RAID cards for their next server. That's a seperate argument/issue right there for me, but what the client wants is what the client wants. Has anyone ran Postgres with software RAID or LVM on a production bo

[PERFORM] Postgresql and Software RAID/LVM

2005-06-03 Thread Steve Poe
I have a small business client that cannot afford high-end/high quality RAID cards for their next server. That's a seperate argument/issue right there for me, but what the client wants is what the client wants. Has anyone ran Postgres with software RAID or LVM on a production box? What have been y