X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CC8C9DC899 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:05:31 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 45270-06 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:05:33 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from noel.decibel.org (noel.decibel.org [67.100.216.10]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FB439DC87B for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:05:29 -0400 (AST) Received: by noel.decibel.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 46F5F3982E; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:05:32 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:05:32 -0600 From: "Jim C. Nasby" To: "Joshua D. Drake" Cc: Benjamin Arai , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: 3WARE Card performance boost? Message-ID: <20060118230532.GA17896@pervasive.com> References: <00ee01c61c5a$5db2c870$d7cc178a@uni> <43CE87D1.6010904@commandprompt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43CE87D1.6010904@commandprompt.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE amd64 X-Distributed: Join the Effort! http://www.distributed.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.095 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.095] X-Spam-Score: 0.095 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200601/319 X-Sequence-Number: 16797 On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:24:17AM -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Because 3ware does not make a midrange card that has a battery backed > cache :). That is the only reason. 3ware makes good stuff. Why worry about battery-backup if he's running with fsync off? -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461