Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3A3DB5DC48 for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:27:03 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 75591-02-5 for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:26:57 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from zeus.simkin.ca (zeus.simkin.ca [72.51.27.124]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D3AAB5DCB2 for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:11:49 -0300 (ADT) X-Postmaster: whitelisted pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Received: from pc-1072.reinvent.com (office.reinvent.com [72.51.27.254]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by zeus.simkin.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 97F2727007D for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:11:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan Hodgson Organization: Simkin Network Consulting To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: RAID Controllers Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:11:43 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.6 (Linux/2.6.38-10-generic; KDE/4.6.2; x86_64; ; ) References: <4E5313B0.6000004@boreham.org> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201108231011.43422.ahodgson@simkin.ca> X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.373 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.473 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201108/253 X-Sequence-Number: 44700 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.