From: Alan Hodgson <ahodgson@simkin.ca>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: WALL on controller without battery?
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:47:44 -0700
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On Wednesday 11 July 2007 08:36, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
wrote:
> Put the WAL where the battery is. Even if it's slower (and I don't
> know whether it will be), I assume that having the right data more
> slowly is better than maybe not having the data at all, quickly.
>
Presumably he'll have the 2-port configured for write-through operation.
I would spring for a 4-port with a BBU, though, and then put the WAL on the
drives with the OS.
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