| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Jim Nasby <jimn(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Raul Retamozo <revelar(at)hotmail(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: best OS and HW for postgreSQL |
| Date: | 2006-09-25 16:34:10 |
| Message-ID: | 45180502.8090304@commandprompt.com |
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>>> Much more important is your disk subsystem. Using an Areca RAID
>>> controller with battery backed cache and a half dozen or more hard
>>> drives is often the real winner for performance.
>> Yes, LSI and 3Ware are also good. I am particularly fond of LSI but
>> Areca has PCI-Express cards which means you can put them on cheaper
>> motherboards :)
>
> I too have a soft spot in my heart for LSI MegaRAID cards. They've
> never treated me badly.
Well the driver is rock solid on linux because it is MegaRaid. The card
for the most part hasn't changed in 10 years :)
Joshua D. Drake
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