Received: from localhost (maia-1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C32FA9FB6A4 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 20:17:52 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 99280-02 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 20:17:49 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from heaven.kostyrka.org (h1634.serverkompetenz.net [81.169.154.44]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F7B79FB52F for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 20:17:49 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by heaven.kostyrka.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3AEE4FB8C; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 01:17:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from heaven.kostyrka.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (heaven.kostyrka.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 10800-10; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 01:17:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from andi-lap (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by heaven.kostyrka.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 86DFD4FB8A; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 01:17:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: by andi-lap (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 7 Apr 2007 01:17:55 +0200 Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 01:17:55 +0200 From: Andreas Kostyrka To: Charles Sprickman Cc: david@lang.hm, pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: SCSI vs SATA Message-ID: <20070406231755.GA24498@andi-lap.la.revver.com> References: <1175807611.9839.120.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> <1175872847.9839.146.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Debian) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200704/186 X-Sequence-Number: 24063 * Charles Sprickman [070407 00:49]: > On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, david@lang.hm wrote: > > >On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Scott Marlowe wrote: > > > >>Based on experience I think that on average server drives are more > >>reliable than consumer grade drives, and can take more punishment. > > > >this I am not sure about > > I think they should survey Tivo owners next time. > > Perfect stress-testing environment. Mine runs at over 50C most of the time, and it's writing 2 video streams 24/7. What more could you do to punish a drive? :) Well, there is one thing, actually what my dreambox does ;) -) read/write 2 streams at the same time. (which means quite a bit of seeking under pressure) -) and even worse, standby and sleep states. And powering up the drive when needed. Andreas