Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3047C2E027A for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:01:21 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 90122-03-2 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:00:56 -0400 (AST) Received: from westnet.com (westnet.com [216.187.52.2]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 013CF2E0278 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:01:15 -0400 (AST) Received: from westnet.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by westnet.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m1CJ1EhF024940; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:01:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (gsmith@localhost) by westnet.com (8.14.0/8.13.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m1CJ1DFo024936; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:01:13 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: westnet.com: gsmith owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:01:13 -0500 (EST) From: Greg Smith X-X-Sender: gsmith@westnet.com To: Craig James cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Dell Perc/6 In-Reply-To: <47B1CA1A.70401@emolecules.com> Message-ID: References: <1202150236.4252.521.camel@ebony.site> <20080208121619.cbfeaa08.markwkm@gmail.com> <47B1CA1A.70401@emolecules.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200802/120 X-Sequence-Number: 28662 On Tue, 12 Feb 2008, Craig James wrote: > Does anyone have performance info about the new Dell Perc/6 controllers? I > found a long discussion ("Dell vs HP") about the Perc/5, but nothing about > Perc/6. What's under the covers? The Perc/6i has an LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 chipset under the hood. I know the Linux drivers for the card seemed to stabilize around October, there's a good sized list of compatible distributions on LSI's site. FreeBSD support has some limitations but basically works. I haven't seen any benchmarks for the current version of the card yet. -- * Greg Smith gsmith@gregsmith.com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD