From: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Craig James <craig_james@emolecules.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: How to allocate 8 disks
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 13:03:47 -0800
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Craig James <craig_james@emolecules.com> wrote:
> We're upgrading to a medium-sized server, a Dell PowerEdge 2950,
> dual-quad CPU's and 8 GB memory. This box can hold at most 8 disks
> (10K SCSI 2.5" 146 GB drives) and has Dell's Perc 6/i RAID controller.
>
> I'm thinking of this:
>
> 6 disks RAID 1+0 Postgres data
> 1 disk WAL
> 1 disk Linux
>
> I've often seen RAID 1 recommended for the WAL. Is that strictly for
> reliability, or is there a performance advantage to RAID 1 for the
> WAL?
>
> It seems to me separating the OS and WAL on two disks is better than
> making a single RAID 1 and sharing it, from a performance point of
> view.
This scares me... You lose WAL you are a goner. Combine your OS and
WAL into a RAID 1.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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