| From: | Jim Nasby <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bernhard Weisshuhn <bkw(at)weisshuhn(dot)de> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Some pgbench results |
| Date: | 2006-03-23 17:54:51 |
| Message-ID: | 5802FEE5-BC49-477C-B0C9-5DEDDDB47858@pervasive.com |
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On Mar 23, 2006, at 11:32 AM, Bernhard Weisshuhn wrote:
> Just Someone wrote:
>
>> 2 10K SCSI disks in RAID1 for OS and WAL (with it's own partiton on
>> ext3),
>
> You'll want the WAL on its own spindle. IIRC a separate partition
> on a shared disc won't give you much benefit. The idea is to keep
> the disc's head from moving away for other tasks. Or so they say.
Actually, the OS partitions are normally quiet enough that it won't
make a huge difference, unless you're really hammering the database
all the time.
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