On Tuesday 19 February 2008 17:53:45 Greg Smith wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, Douglas J Hunley wrote:
> > The db resides on a HP Modular Storage Array 500 G2. 4x72.8Gb 15k rpm
> > disks. 1 raid 6 logical volume. Compaq Smart Array 6404 controller
>
> You might consider doing some simple disk tests on the array just to prove
> it's working well. Reports here suggest the HP/Compaq arrays have been
> somewhat inconsistant in performance, and it would be helpful to know if
> you've got a good or a bad setup. Some hints here are at
> http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/content/postgresql/pg-disktesting.htm
excellent! i'll look into doing this. thx!
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