Re: 2 questions re RAID

From: Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)elevated-dev(dot)com>
To: Vick Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 2 questions re RAID
Date: 2011-06-21 14:28:07
Message-ID: 40386509-AFCB-4C65-A858-44361CD319E2@elevated-dev.com
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On Jun 21, 2011, at 7:49 AM, Vick Khera wrote:

> Ok...there is *one* advantage:
> you can lose any two drives at the same time and still survive, with
> RAID-10 if you lose the wrong two drives you're hosed.

Exactly. The performance advantage of RAID-10 over RAID-6 in this sever is, I think, not useful.

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