Re: [PERFORM] Postgresql Performance via the LSI MegaRAID 2x Card

2005-05-15 Thread William Yu
I'm sure there's some corner case where more memory helps. If you consider that 1GB of RAM is about $100, I'd max out memory on the controller just for the hell of it. Josh Berkus wrote: Steve, Past recommendations for a good RAID card (for SCSI) have been the LSI MegaRAID 2x. This unit comes

Re: [PERFORM] Postgresql Performance via the LSI MegaRAID 2x Card

2005-05-15 Thread Josh Berkus
William, I'm sure there's some corner case where more memory helps. QUite possibly. These were not scientific tests. -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

Re: [PERFORM] Postgresql Performance via the LSI MegaRAID 2x Card

2005-05-13 Thread Josh Berkus
Steve, Past recommendations for a good RAID card (for SCSI) have been the LSI MegaRAID 2x. This unit comes with 128MB of RAM on-board. Has anyone found by increasing the on-board RAM, did Postgresql performed better? My informal tests showed no difference between 64MB and 256MB. -- --Josh