Re: choosing RAID level for xlogs

From: Vivek Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>
To: Postgresql Performance <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: choosing RAID level for xlogs
Date: 2005-08-16 19:04:23
Message-ID: 32D5016B-C7E3-4EEC-AA03-A924521F1DE8@khera.org
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On Aug 16, 2005, at 2:37 PM, Anjan Dave wrote:

> Yes, that's true, though, I am a bit confused because the Clariion
> array
> document I am reading talks about how the write cache can eliminate
> the
> RAID5 Write Penalty for sequential and large IOs...resulting in better
> sequential write performance than RAID10.
>

well, then run your own tests and find out :-)

if I were using LSI MegaRAID controllers, I'd probalby go RAID10, but
I don't see why you need 6 disks for this... perhaps just 4 would be
enough? Or are your logs really that big?

Vivek Khera, Ph.D.
+1-301-869-4449 x806

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