X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3227C53853 for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 18:07:48 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19824-08 for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 21:07:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.78]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DAB3D53835 for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 18:07:41 -0300 (ADT) Received: from unknown (HELO phlogiston.dydns.org) (a.sullivan@rogers.com@216.75.167.195 with login) by smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 May 2005 21:07:36 -0000 Received: by phlogiston.dydns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2AD073D2F; Fri, 13 May 2005 17:07:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 17:07:35 -0400 From: Andrew Sullivan To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Whence the Opterons? Message-ID: <20050513210735.GE31659@phlogiston.dyndns.org> References: <1115415551.427be3ffe44c8@webmail.telus.net> <20050507145746.GB15586@phlogiston.dyndns.org> <200505071400.35282.josh@agliodbs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200505071400.35282.josh@agliodbs.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.043 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, FORGED_RCVD_HELO X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200505/272 X-Sequence-Number: 12436 On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 02:00:34PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote: > > Question, though: is HP still using their proprietary RAID card? And, if so, > have they fixed its performance problems? According to my folks here, we're using the CCISS controllers, so I guess they are. The systems are nevertheless performing very well -- we did a load test that was pretty impressive. Also, Chris Browne pointed me to this for the drivers: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cciss/ A -- Andrew Sullivan | ajs@crankycanuck.ca A certain description of men are for getting out of debt, yet are against all taxes for raising money to pay it off. --Alexander Hamilton