X-Original-To: pgsql-patches-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22D0B52892 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 01:19:20 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 55075-09 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 04:19:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.mi8.com (d01gw04.mi8.com [63.240.6.44]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0902652ABE for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 01:19:16 -0300 (ADT) Received: from 172.16.1.118 by mail.mi8.com with ESMTP (- Welcome to Mi8 Corporation www.Mi8.com (D4)); Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:19:07 -0400 X-Server-Uuid: C8FB4D43-1108-484A-A898-3CBCC7906230 Received: from MI8NYCMAIL06.Mi8.com ([172.16.1.175]) by d01smtp03.Mi8.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:19:06 -0400 Received: from 24.5.173.15 ([24.5.173.15]) by MI8NYCMAIL06.Mi8.com ( [172.16.1.219]) via Exchange Front-End Server mi8owa.mi8.com ( [172.16.1.106]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:19:05 -0500 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.1.0.040913 Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 21:19:04 -0700 Subject: Re: COPY FROM performance improvements From: "Luke Lonergan" To: "Joshua D. Drake" Cc: "Mark Wong" , "Andrew Dunstan" , "Alvaro Herrera" , "Bruce Momjian" , "Alon Goldshuv" , pgsql-patches@postgresql.org, maryedie@osdl.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <42E05FAF.70601@commandprompt.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Jul 2005 04:19:06.0968 (UTC) FILETIME=[804B0D80:01C58E74] X-WSS-ID: 6EFEAC3046K1855287-02-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.6 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, FORGED_RCVD_HELO, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO X-Spam-Level: * X-Archive-Number: 200507/429 X-Sequence-Number: 16769 Joshua, On 7/21/05 7:53 PM, "Joshua D. Drake" wrote: > Well I know that isn't true at least not with ANY of the Dells my > customers have purchased in the last 18 months. They are still really, > really slow. That's too bad, can you cite some model numbers? SCSI? > I have great success with Silicon Image as long as I am running them > with Linux software RAID. The LSI controllers are also really nice. That's good to hear, I gave up on Silicon Image controllers on Linux about 1 year ago, which kernel are you using with success? Silicon Image controllers are the most popular, so it's important to see them supported well, though I'd rather see more SATA headers than 2 off of the built-in chipsets. - Luke