Re: Tuning the configuration

From: Evgeniy Shishkin <itparanoia(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Graeme B(dot) Bell" <grb(at)skogoglandskap(dot)no>
Cc: Andrea Suisani <sickpig(at)opinioni(dot)net>, "mfatticcioni(at)mbigroup(dot)it" <mfatticcioni(at)mbigroup(dot)it>, "pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Tuning the configuration
Date: 2014-12-16 16:37:28
Message-ID: 63042BAB-3B28-441F-B819-B2DDC8FB24EE@gmail.com
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> On 16 Dec 2014, at 14:51, Graeme B. Bell <grb(at)skogoglandskap(dot)no> wrote:
>
>>
>> I don't understand the logic behind using drives,
>> which are best for random io, for sequent io workloads.
>
> Because they are also best for sequential IO. I get 1.3-1.4GB/second from 4 SSDs in RAID or >500MB/s for single disk systems, even with cheap models.
> Are you getting more than that from high-end spinning rust?

I better use ssd for random iops when database doesn't fit in ram.
For wal logs i use raid with bbu cache and couple of sas drives.

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