Re: which dual-CPU hardware/OS is fastest for PostgreSQL?

Greg Stark wrote:

>"Merlin Moncure" <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com> writes:
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>>Alex wrote:
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>>>Without starting too much controvesy I hope, I would seriously
>>>recommend you evaluate the AMCC Escalade 9500S SATA controller.
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>>At the risk of shaming myself with another 'me too' post, I'd like to
>>say that my experiences back this up 100%. The Escalade controllers are
>>excellent and the Raptor drives are fast and reliable (so far).
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>I assume AMCC == 3ware now?
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>Has anyone verified that fsync is safe on these controllers? Ie, that they
>aren't caching writes and "lying" about the write completing like IDE
>drives oft
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For those who speak highly of the Escalade controllers and/Raptor SATA
drives, how is the database being utilized, OLTP or primarily read
access? This is good information I am learning, but I also see the need
to understand the context of how the hardware is being used.

Steve Poe