On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Henrik <henke(at)mac(dot)se> wrote:
> But random writes should be faster on a RAID10 as it doesn't need to
> calculate parity. That is why people suggest RAID 10 for datases, correct?
> I can understand that RAID5 can be faster with sequential writes.
There is some data here that does not support that RAID5 can be faster
than RAID10 for sequential writes:
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/HP_ProLiant_DL380_G5_Tuning_Guide
Regards,
Mark