From: Alan Hodgson <ahodgson@simkin.ca>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: RAID Controllers
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:11:43 -0700
Message-ID: <201108231011.43422.ahodgson@simkin.ca> (raw)
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On August 22, 2011 09:55:33 PM Scott Marlowe wrote:
>
> If you're running linux and thus stuck with the command line on the
> LSI, I'd recommend anything else. MegaRAID is the hardest RAID
> control software to use I've ever seen. If you can spring for the
> money, get the Areca 1680:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816151023 Be
> sure and get the battery unit for it. You can configure it from an
> external ethernet connector very easily, and the performance is
> outstandingly good.
I second the Areca recommendation - excellent controllers. The 1880s are even
better.
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