Re: [GENERAL] advice on buying sun hardware to run postgres - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Chris Bitmead
Subject Re: [GENERAL] advice on buying sun hardware to run postgres
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Msg-id 372675EE.4DB482E9@bigfoot.com
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] advice on buying sun hardware to run postgres  (dustin sallings <dustin@spy.net>)
Responses Re: [GENERAL] advice on buying sun hardware to run postgres  ("Rudy Gireyev" <rgireyev@cnmnetwork.com>)
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dustin sallings wrote:

>         I'm not sure where you get 50/50.  I've not met anyone who
> recommended IDE disks over SCSI disks unless the only factor was price,

No, I'm saying that if you've only got 1 or 2 disks, opinion seems
divided over whether the difference in performance is enough to be
concerned about.

> // Have you done such tests? If so, what exactly were the results?
>
>         I don't need to.  I've used both in real world environments.  I
> know just enough about the hardware to explain why IDE has always been
> slower than SCSI in my environments.

Doesn't sound very scientific to me.

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