From: | David Boreham <david_list(at)boreham(dot)org> |
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To: | pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: RAID Controllers |
Date: | 2011-08-23 22:42:26 |
Message-ID: | 4E542CD2.5030506@boreham.org |
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On 8/22/2011 10:55 PM, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> If you're running linux and thus stuck with the command line on the
> LSI, I'd recommend anything else. MegaRAID is the hardest RAID
> control software to use I've ever seen. If you can spring for the
> money, get the Areca 1680:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816151023 Be
> sure and get the battery unit for it. You can configure it from an
> external ethernet connector very easily, and the performance is
> outstandingly good.
Thanks. I took a look at Areca. The fan on the controller board is a big
warning signal for me (those fans are in my experience the single most
unreliable component ever used in computers).
Can you say a bit more about the likely problems with the CLI ?
I'm thinking that I configure the card once, and copy the config
to all the other boxes, so even if it's as obscure as Cisco IOS,
how bad can it be ? Is the concern more with things like a rebuild;
monitoring for drive failures -- that kind of constant management
task ?
How about Adaptec on Linux ? The supercapacitor and NAND
flash idea looks like a good one, provided the firmware doesn't
have bugs (true with any write back controller though).
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