Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E69042E0030 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:53:05 -0300 (ADT) Received: from developer.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 92869-01 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:52:54 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.248]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E48A62E002D for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:52:58 -0300 (ADT) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c36so740999ana.33 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:52:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.101.71.9 with SMTP id y9mr771534ank.64.1208379177926; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:52:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.151.11 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:52:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:52:57 -0400 From: "Gavin M. Roy" To: "Joshua D. Drake" Subject: Re: Anybody using the Dell Powervault MD3000 array? Cc: "Jeffrey Baker" , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <20080416133919.1e66a6f9@commandprompt.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_6212_30163554.1208379177909" References: <20080416132022.1fb03645@commandprompt.com> <20080416133919.1e66a6f9@commandprompt.com> X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200804/218 X-Sequence-Number: 29711 ------=_Part_6212_30163554.1208379177909 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:37:32 -0700 > "Jeffrey Baker" wrote: > > > > I can second this. The MSA 70 is a great unit for the money. > > > > Thank you both. The MSA 70 looks like an ordinary disk shelf. What > > controllers do you use? Or, do you just go with a software RAID? > > > > P800, from HP. In a Dell box I use a Perc 6/E with a SAS to Mini SAS cable. Gavin ------=_Part_6212_30163554.1208379177909 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:37:32 -0700
"Jeffrey Baker" <jwbaker@gmail.com> wrote:

> >  I can second this. The MSA 70 is a great unit for the money.
>
> Thank you both.  The MSA 70 looks like an ordinary disk shelf.  What
> controllers do you use?  Or, do you just go with a software RAID?
>

P800, from HP.

In a Dell box I use a Perc 6/E with a SAS to Mini SAS cable.

Gavin 
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