Re: Performance with 2 AMD/Opteron 2.6Ghz and 8gig - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Markus Schaber
Subject Re: Performance with 2 AMD/Opteron 2.6Ghz and 8gig
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Msg-id 44D72D11.7050203@logix-tt.com
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In response to Re: Performance with 2 AMD/Opteron 2.6Ghz and 8gig  (Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net>)
Responses Re: Performance with 2 AMD/Opteron 2.6Ghz and 8gig  ("Alex Turner" <armtuk@gmail.com>)
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Hi, Charles,

Charles Sprickman wrote:

> I've also got a 1U with a 9500SX-4 and 4 drives.  I like how the 3Ware
> card scales there - started with 2 drives and got "drive speed"
> mirroring. Added two more and most of the bonnie numbers doubled.  This
> is not what I'm used to with the Adaptec SCSI junk.

Well, for sequential reading, you should be able to get double drive
speed on a 2-disk mirror with a good controller, as it can balance the
reads among the drives.

Markus
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