From: | Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> |
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To: | Douglas McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org> |
Cc: | Vivek Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>, "Pgsql-Performance ((E-mail))" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Arguments Pro/Contra Software Raid |
Date: | 2006-05-10 04:41:20 |
Message-ID: | 8764kexzin.fsf@stark.xeocode.com |
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Douglas McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org> writes:
> Vivek Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org> writes:
>
> > On May 9, 2006, at 11:51 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >
> >> And dollar for dollar, SCSI will NOT be faster nor have the hard
> >> drive capacity that you will get with SATA.
> >
> > Does this hold true still under heavy concurrent-write loads? I'm
> > preparing yet another big DB server and if SATA is a better option,
> > I'm all (elephant) ears.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've never heard of a 15kRPM SATA drive.
Well, dollar for dollar you would get the best performance from slower drives
anyways since it would give you more spindles. 15kRPM drives are *expensive*.
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greg
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