Re: Hardware/OS recommendations for large databases (

From: Matthew Nuzum <mattnuzum(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Hardware/OS recommendations for large databases (
Date: 2005-11-16 19:03:46
Message-ID: f3c0b4080511161103j7677939bldf1c55b137ce9741@mail.gmail.com
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On 11/16/05, Steinar H. Gunderson <sgunderson(at)bigfoot(dot)com> wrote:
> If you have a cool SAN, it alerts you and removes all data off a disk
> _before_ it starts giving hard failures :-)
>
> /* Steinar */
> --
> Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/

Good point. I have avoided data loss *twice* this year by using SMART
hard drive monitoring software.

I can't tell you how good it feels to replace a drive that is about to
die, as compared to restoring data because a drive died.
--
Matthew Nuzum
www.bearfruit.org

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