Re: Advice on RAID card - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Michael Ben-Nes
Subject Re: Advice on RAID card
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Msg-id 43367937.40809@canaan.co.il
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In response to Advice on RAID card  (PFC <lists@boutiquenumerique.com>)
Responses Re: Advice on RAID card  (Dave Cramer <pg@fastcrypt.com>)
List pgsql-performance
I would consider Software Raid


PFC wrote:

>
>     Hello fellow Postgresql'ers.
>
>     I've been stumbled on this RAID card which looks nice. It is a
> PCI-X SATA  Raid card with 6 channels, and does RAID  0,1,5,10,50.
>     It is a HP card with an Adaptec chip on it, and 64 MB cache.
>
>     HP Part # : 372953-B21
>     Adaptec Part # : AAR-2610SA/64MB/HP
>
>     There' even a picture :
>     http://megbytes.free.fr/Sata/DSC05970.JPG
>
>     I know it isn't as good as a full SCSI system. I just want to know
> if  some of you have had experiences with these, and if this cards
> belong to  the "slower than no RAID" camp, like some DELL card we
> often see mentioned  here, or to the "decent performance for the
> price" camp. It is to run on a  Linux.
>
>     Thanks in advance for your time and information.
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