Re: RAID0 and pg_xlog

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
To: Qingqing Zhuo <zhouqq(at)cs(dot)toronto(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: RAID0 and pg_xlog
Date: 2005-09-07 17:40:28
Message-ID: 20050907174028.GG60481@pervasive.com
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On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 12:47:43PM -0700, Qingqing Zhuo wrote:
> Xlog will be the only believable data if your system crashed. So it is a dangerous practice to put xlog stuff in RAID0.

No more or less so than putting your main database on RAID0. If any
drive fails, you lose everything.
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