Re: dell versus hp

From: Vivek Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>
To: Tore Halset <halset(at)pvv(dot)ntnu(dot)no>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: dell versus hp
Date: 2007-11-08 16:41:18
Message-ID: 64DB0A4F-D737-4458-B3AA-D53CCBEE92BE@khera.org
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On Nov 6, 2007, at 5:12 AM, Tore Halset wrote:

> Here are our current alternatives:

Two things I recommend. If the drives are made by western digital,
run away.

If the PERC5/i is an Adaptec card, run away.

Max out your cache RAM on the RAID card. 256 is the minimum when you
have such big data sets that need the big disks you're looking at.

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