> I actually don't know much about the I/O subsystem, but, no, WAL is
> not separated from data. I believe $PGDATA is on a SAN, but I don't
> know anything about its characteristics.
The computer is here:
http://www.supermicro.nl/Aplus/system/2U/2042/AS-2042G-6RF.cfm
$PGDATA is on a 5 disk SATA software raid 5.
Is there anything else that would be useful to know? ( Sorry, this
isn't a subject that I'm very familiar with )
-Nathan