| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Steve Poe" <steve(dot)poe(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: How to choose a disc array for Postgresql? |
| Date: | 2008-03-02 08:05:35 |
| Message-ID: | 20080302000535.5a6ae4b6@jd-laptop |
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On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 23:37:37 -0800
"Steve Poe" <steve(dot)poe(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I am moving our small business application
> database application supporting
> a 24/7 animal hospital to use 8.0.15 from
> 7.4.19 (it will not support 8.1, 8.2. or 8.3).
>
> Now, we can choose a new a disc array. SATA
> seems cheaper and you can get more discs but
> I want to stay with SCSI. Any good reasons to
> choose SATA over SCSI?
Sata is great if you need lots of space. SCSI/SAS is better if you want
lots of performance from a lesser amount of spindles.
Joshua D. Drake
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