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Re: Performance issues with compaq server

Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>

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From: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>
To: Denis Gasparin <denis@edistar.com>
Cc: "Samuel J. Sutjiono" <ssutjiono@wc-group.com>, Postgresql General Mailing List <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-05-10T07:49:29Z
Lists: pgsql-general, pgsql-sql 
On 9 May 2002, Denis Gasparin wrote:

> The Compaq servers you indicated use the smart array controller which is
> very very slow in storing data into hard disks. Are you using the RAID?
>
> I suggest you to buy a controller with a larger write cache (the smart
> array controller does not have w-cache)... You should note a large
> performance progress...

And take your transaction log off of RAID entirely and put it on
a mirrored pair of disks instead.

cjs
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