Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4F2C6364CB for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:51:50 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 61003-01-5 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2010 15:51:43 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from spinlock.commandprompt.com (host-215.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.215]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84EB6636F58 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:42:15 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBBBE348013; Tue, 7 Sep 2010 08:42:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at commandprompt.com Received: from spinlock.commandprompt.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (spinlock.commandprompt.com.commandprompt.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 8+185HD02PuZ; Tue, 7 Sep 2010 08:42:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.commandprompt.com (spinlock.commandprompt.com.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.215]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3B83B348011; Tue, 7 Sep 2010 08:42:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:42:07 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" To: fel Cc: Subject: Re: [NOVICE] - SAN/NAS/DAS - Need advises Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <89d324187ce4d7f05371a28b479db866@commandprompt.com> X-Sender: jd@commandprompt.com User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201009/53 X-Sequence-Number: 35597 On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 15:03:44 +0200, fel wrote: > Hi all, > > I am working on upgrading my hardware and wondering how Postgres could > work with SAN, NAS and DAS . > Can someone advise me or share experiences ? Unless you want to spend *A LOT* of money, DAS is the way to go. You can get quite a bit of the same functionality without the financial overhead from the use of a volume manager + DAS. JD > > Regards, > Fel -- PostgreSQL - XMPP: jdrake(at)jabber(dot)postgresql(dot)org Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667-4564 - http://www.commandprompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company, serving since 1997