From: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin@pse-consulting.de>
To: Frank Wiles <frank@wiles.org>
Cc: vivek@khera.org
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: opinion on disk speed
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:50:16 +0000
Message-ID: <4399A7B8.2020500@pse-consulting.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051209094718.49f7b402.frank@wiles.org>
References: <E7F85A1B5FF8D44C8A1AF6885BC9A0E4E7E7E5@ratbert.vale-housing.co.uk>
<20051209094718.49f7b402.frank@wiles.org>
Frank Wiles wrote:
>
>
> I agree, the extra spindles and lower seek times are better if all
> you are concerned about is raw speed.
>
> However, that has to be balanced, from an overall perspective, with
> the nice single point of ordering/contact/support/warranty of the
> one vendor. It's a tough call.
Well, if your favourite dealer can't supply you with such common
equipment as 15k drives you should consider changing the dealer. They
don't seem to be aware of db hardware reqirements.
Regards,
Andreas
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