Re: Arguments Pro/Contra Software Raid

From: Douglas McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
To: Vivek Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>
Cc: "Pgsql-Performance ((E-mail))" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Arguments Pro/Contra Software Raid
Date: 2006-05-09 18:05:28
Message-ID: 87mzdroyzb.fsf@suzuka.mcnaught.org
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Vivek Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org> writes:

> On May 9, 2006, at 11:51 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
>> And dollar for dollar, SCSI will NOT be faster nor have the hard
>> drive capacity that you will get with SATA.
>
> Does this hold true still under heavy concurrent-write loads? I'm
> preparing yet another big DB server and if SATA is a better option,
> I'm all (elephant) ears.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've never heard of a 15kRPM SATA drive.

-Doug

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