Re: Performance issues with compaq server

From: Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net>
To: Denis Gasparin <denis(at)edistar(dot)com>
Cc: "Samuel J(dot) Sutjiono" <ssutjiono(at)wc-group(dot)com>, Postgresql General Mailing List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Performance issues with compaq server
Date: 2002-05-10 07:49:29
Message-ID: Pine.NEB.4.43.0205101648540.541-100000@angelic.cynic.net
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On 9 May 2002, Denis Gasparin wrote:

> The Compaq servers you indicated use the smart array controller which is
> very very slow in storing data into hard disks. Are you using the RAID?
>
> I suggest you to buy a controller with a larger write cache (the smart
> array controller does not have w-cache)... You should note a large
> performance progress...

And take your transaction log off of RAID entirely and put it on
a mirrored pair of disks instead.

cjs
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