Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A999632CDB for ; Thu, 8 Jul 2010 14:04:48 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 39972-02 for ; Thu, 8 Jul 2010 17:04:39 +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 CD3406324D6 for ; Thu, 8 Jul 2010 14:04:39 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B836348037; Thu, 8 Jul 2010 10:04:33 -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 SHenFOu97lRe; Thu, 8 Jul 2010 10:04:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (unknown [71.94.249.122]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D9DD2348036; Thu, 8 Jul 2010 10:04:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: performance on new linux box From: "Joshua D. Drake" Reply-To: jd@commandprompt.com To: Ryan Wexler Cc: Kevin Grittner , Eliot Gable , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org, Andy Colson In-Reply-To: References: <4C3532CC.6070601@squeakycode.net> <4C3591F40200002500033219@gw.wicourts.gov> <4C35A23B0200002500033220@gw.wicourts.gov> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:04:05 -0700 Message-ID: <1278608645.3378.0.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 201007/108 X-Sequence-Number: 39497 On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 09:31 -0700, Ryan Wexler wrote: > The raid card the server has in it is: > 3Ware 4 Port 9650SE-4LPML RAID Card > > Looking it up, it seems to indicate that it has BBU No. It supports a BBU. It doesn't have one necessarily. You need to go into your RAID BIOS. It will tell you. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering