Re: tablespaces and DB administration - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andreas Pflug
Subject Re: tablespaces and DB administration
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Msg-id 40B7158B.1070005@pse-consulting.de
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In response to Re: tablespaces and DB administration  (pgsql@mohawksoft.com)
Responses Re: tablespaces and DB administration  (pgsql@mohawksoft.com)
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pgsql@mohawksoft.com wrote:

>
>What you are missing is that the RAID is dealing with the multiple drives
>as one drive. Two operations have to happen serially,
>

You're kidding or vastly underestimating raid controllers. The average 
db access is well served with a single block of data, stored on a single 
drive. Nicely parallelizable by a raid controller if it has a minimum of 
smartness.

Regards,
Andreas





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