X-Original-To: pgsql-general-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC70A9F946D for ; Tue, 9 May 2006 07:23:59 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 39482-08 for ; Tue, 9 May 2006 07:23:49 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from floppy.pyrenet.fr (news.pyrenet.fr [194.116.145.2]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E27DE9F931D for ; Tue, 9 May 2006 07:23:49 -0300 (ADT) Received: by floppy.pyrenet.fr (Postfix, from userid 106) id CBEE031510; Tue, 9 May 2006 12:23:47 +0200 (MET DST) From: Hannes Dorbath X-Newsgroups: pgsql.general Subject: Re: Arguments Pro/Contra Software Raid Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 12:24:30 +0200 Organization: Hub.Org Networking Services Lines: 27 Message-ID: <44606DDE.9070605@theendofthetunnel.de> References: <44606A98.4090705@free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.hub.org To: "Jean-Yves F. Barbier" <7ukwn@free.fr> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) In-Reply-To: <44606A98.4090705@free.fr> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/330 X-Sequence-Number: 95122 On 09.05.2006 12:10, Jean-Yves F. Barbier wrote: > Naa, you can find ATA &| SATA ctrlrs for about EUR30 ! Sure, just for my colleagues Raid Controller = IPC Vortex, which resides in that price range. > For bi-core CPUs, it might be true I've got that from pgsql.performance for multi-way opteron setups. > ?? Do you intend to use your server without a UPS ?? Sure there will be an UPS. I'm just trying to nail down the differences between soft- and hardware raid, regardless if they matter in the end :) > ?? Do you intend not to make backups ?? Sure we do backups, this all is more hypothetical thinking.. > Hope it will help you It has, thanks. -- Regards, Hannes Dorbath