X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (wm.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A523D9FB318 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:50:44 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 26869-10 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:50:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from mail.clickspace.com (router2.clickspace.com [65.110.166.227]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E422E9FB392 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:50:35 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.clickspace.com (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher RC4-SHA (128 bits)); Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:50:32 -0600 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Brian Wipf Subject: Re: Configuring System for Speed Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:50:43 -0600 To: Luke Lonergan X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200609/63 X-Sequence-Number: 20749 On 8-Sep-06, at 2:44 AM, Luke Lonergan wrote: > One modification: we implemented two internal 60GB laptop hard > drives with > an additional 3Ware 8006-2LP controller on each machine for the OS. > This > frees up all 16 SATA II drives for data. That's a great idea. One question though. If I put all 16 drives in a RAID 10 for the database, where should I put the logs? On that large RAID set? If I use a RAID controller with a BB cache for the mirrored laptop drives, might I be able to use that for the logs and OS? Brian Wipf