Re: SCSI vs. IDE performance test - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: SCSI vs. IDE performance test
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Msg-id 19764.1067319885@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: SCSI vs. IDE performance test  (Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>)
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes:
> Well, some googleing around seems to indicate that Serial ATA I/ATA-6 has
> Tagged Command Queueing (TCQ) which is adding this feature specifically.
> Whether it is a mandatory part of the spec I don't know.

Yeah?  If so, and *if fully implemented* on both sides of the interface,
this would eliminate the architectural advantages I was just sketching
for SCSI.  I can't claim to be up on what's happening in the IDE/ATA
world though...

            regards, tom lane

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