Re: [ADMIN] H/W RAID 5 on slower disks versus no raid on
philip johnson <philip.johnson@atempo.com>
From: "philip johnson" <philip.johnson@atempo.com>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-11-22T14:17:26Z
Lists: pgsql-performance
pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org wrote: > Objet : Re: [PERFORM] [ADMIN] H/W RAID 5 on slower disks versus no > raid on > > > Mario Weilguni <mweilguni@sime.com> writes: >> If 4 drives are an option, I suggest 2 x RAID1, one for data, and >> one for WAL and temporary DB space (pg_temp). > > Ideally there should be *nothing* on the WAL drive except WAL; you > don't ever want that disk head seeking away from the WAL. Put the > temp files on the data disk. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the > postmaster which temp files ?