X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9188CD86AE for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:04:44 -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 08824-05 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:04:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vms040pub.verizon.net (vms040pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.40]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CA3FD86A9 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:04:41 -0300 (ADT) Received: from osgiliath.mathom.us ([151.200.14.55]) by vms040.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-2.05 (built Apr 28 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0IM200H6487V0US1@vms040.mailsrvcs.net> for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:04:44 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by osgiliath.mathom.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7601260043E for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:04:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from osgiliath.mathom.us ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (osgiliath [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 11456-04-2 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:04:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: by osgiliath.mathom.us (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3B11D60041D; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:04:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:04:43 -0400 From: Michael Stone Subject: Re: RAID Configuration Sugestion In-reply-to: <6.2.3.4.0.20050830154823.05ac9308@pop.earthlink.net> To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Mail-Followup-To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Message-id: <20050831000443.GZ14921@mathom.us> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-disposition: inline X-Pgp-Fingerprint: 53 FF 38 00 E7 DD 0A 9C 84 52 84 C5 EE DF 7C 88 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at mathom.us References: <431452FD.3090402@atua.com.br> <6.2.3.4.0.20050830103240.0219b640@pop.earthlink.net> <43148FC4.4000407@commandprompt.com> <6.2.3.4.0.20050830132902.021a5308@pop.earthlink.net> <4314B329.20009@commandprompt.com> <6.2.3.4.0.20050830154823.05ac9308@pop.earthlink.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.04 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.010, FORGED_RCVD_HELO=0.05] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200508/551 X-Sequence-Number: 14298 On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 07:02:28PM -0400, Ron wrote: >purpose(s). That's why the TPC bench marked systems tend to have >literally 100's of HD's and they tend to be split into very focused >purposes. Of course, TPC benchmark systems are constructed such that cost and storage capacity are irrelevant--in the real world things tend to be more complicated. Mike Stone