From: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Steve Poe <steve.poe@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: How to choose a disc array for Postgresql?
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 00:05:35 -0800
Message-ID: <20080302000535.5a6ae4b6@jd-laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <721b21dc0803012337u55ddaa13l5517816659f8e100@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 23:37:37 -0800
"Steve Poe" <steve.poe@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am moving our small business application
> database application supporting
> a 24/7 animal hospital to use 8.0.15 from
> 7.4.19 (it will not support 8.1, 8.2. or 8.3).
>
> Now, we can choose a new a disc array. SATA
> seems cheaper and you can get more discs but
> I want to stay with SCSI. Any good reasons to
> choose SATA over SCSI?
Sata is great if you need lots of space. SCSI/SAS is better if you want
lots of performance from a lesser amount of spindles.
Joshua D. Drake
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