Re: SCSI disk: still the way to go? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: SCSI disk: still the way to go?
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Msg-id 1149025173.25526.114.camel@state.g2switchworks.com
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In response to SCSI disk: still the way to go?  ("Riccardo Inverni" <riccardo.inverni@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: SCSI disk: still the way to go?  ("Alex Turner" <armtuk@gmail.com>)
Re: SCSI disk: still the way to go?  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 16:28, Riccardo Inverni wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
>    I have to update a Linux box with PostgreSQL on it, essentially for
> data warehousing purposes. I had set it up about 3 years ago and at
> that time the best solution I had been recommended was to use SCSI
> disks with hardware RAID controllers.
>
>    Is this still the way to go or things have recently changed? Any
> other suggestion/advice? What about SAN?

Actually, modern SATA server drives are now considered competitive with
the proper RAID controller.

Nowadays most people seem to recommend the Areca controllers.  I haven't
used them myself, but would be happy to test them some day.

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