| From: | Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Vick Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>, Postgres General Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: hardware for a server |
| Date: | 2010-03-16 07:33:43 |
| Message-ID: | 4B9F3457.1000809@2ndquadrant.com |
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John R Pierce wrote:
> Vick Khera wrote:
>> Interesting... same advice goes for Adaptec + FreeBSD. I guess
>> Adaptec + !Windows == bad?
>>
>
> i've never liked adaptec, windows or not.
Yeah, I was trying to be as nice as possible since I don't run Windows
anymore, and for all I know their cards are fine on that OS. For me, I
just simplify to "Adaptec == bad", but can only tell you specifically
why that is for Linux.
> always been an LSI fan, as far back as when they were NCR Tolerant,
> then later Symbios. And the AMI Megaraid line, too.
I used to hesitate to recommend them only because their performance used
to lag relative to some of the alternatives--they were more the
"reliable but a bit slower" choice in earlier times. This is no longer
the case.
--
Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US Baltimore, MD
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support
greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com www.2ndQuadrant.us
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