Re: Arguments Pro/Contra Software Raid

From: Vivek Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>
To: "Pgsql-Performance ((E-mail))" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Arguments Pro/Contra Software Raid
Date: 2006-05-09 17:57:16
Message-ID: 5AF87D32-F602-4973-AA21-84E0CFEA1774@khera.org
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On May 9, 2006, at 11:51 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

> Sorry that is an extremely misleading statement. SATA RAID is
> perfectly acceptable if you have a hardware raid controller with a
> battery backup controller.
>
> And dollar for dollar, SCSI will NOT be faster nor have the hard
> drive capacity that you will get with SATA.

Does this hold true still under heavy concurrent-write loads? I'm
preparing yet another big DB server and if SATA is a better option,
I'm all (elephant) ears.

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