Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DD992E0062 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:39:16 -0300 (ADT) Received: from developer.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 87000-08 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:39:08 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19FB42E0030 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:39:12 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (or-69-34-217-90.sta.embarqhsd.net [69.34.217.90]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m3GKdnbf002952 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:39:50 -0700 Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:39:19 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" To: "Jeffrey Baker" Cc: "Gavin M. Roy" , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Anybody using the Dell Powervault MD3000 array? Message-ID: <20080416133919.1e66a6f9@commandprompt.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20080416132022.1fb03645@commandprompt.com> Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.9; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:39:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200804/217 X-Sequence-Number: 29710 On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:37:32 -0700 "Jeffrey Baker" wrote: > > I can second this. The MSA 70 is a great unit for the money. > > Thank you both. The MSA 70 looks like an ordinary disk shelf. What > controllers do you use? Or, do you just go with a software RAID? > P800, from HP. Joshua D. Drake -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate