From: PFC <lists@boutiquenumerique.com>
To: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
Cc: Dave Cramer <pg@fastcrypt.com>
Cc: Michael Ben-Nes <miki@canaan.co.il>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Advice on RAID card
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 18:53:57 +0200
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> There is a huge advantage to software raid on all kinds of levels. If
> you have the CPU then I suggest
> it. However you will never get the performance out of software raid on
> the high level (think 1 gig of cache)
> that you would on a software raid setup.
>
> It is a bit of a tradeoff but for most installations software raid is
> more than adequate.
Which makes me think that I will use Software Raid 5 and convert the
price of the card into RAM.
This should be nice for a budget server.
Gonna investigate now if Linux software RAID5 is rugged enough. Can
always buy the a card later if not.
Thanks all for the advice, you were really helpful.
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