From: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com>
Cc: Henrik <henke@mac.se>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Hardware suggestions for high performance 8.3
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:21:31 -0700
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Greg Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008, Henrik wrote:
>
>> I've seen some concerns about buying database performance hardware
>> from DELL. Are there at least some of the RAID cards that work well
>> with Linux or should I stay clear of DELL permanently?
>
> People seem to be doing OK if the RAID card is their Perc/6i, which has
> an LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 chipset under the hood. There's some
> helpful benchmark results and follow-up meesages related to one of those
> at
> http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/47D8B3B6.3010606@emolecules.com
>
> That said, I consider the rebranded LSI cards a pain and hate the
> quality of Dell's hardware. Seems like everybody I talk to lately is
> buying HP's DL380 instead of Dells for this level of Linux installs
> nowadays, I haven't gotten one of those HP boxes myself yet to comment.
>
The HP P800 controller is a top notch performer.
Joshua D. Drake
P.S. The DL360-380 series is very nice as well
> --
> * Greg Smith gsmith@gregsmith.com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD
>
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