Re: Transaction Log - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Mark Mielke
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In response to Transaction Log  (mbguy2000-1@yahoo.com)
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mbguy2000-1@yahoo.com wrote:
For best performance, the transaction log should be on a separate disk.

Does the writing of the log benefit from a battery backed controller as well?  If not, what do people think about writing the transaction log to a flash card or the like?
How popular are the battery backed RAM drives that exist today? I don't recall seeing them spoken about in this mailing list. The local geek shop has these devices on sale. Are they still too expensive?

For those that don't know what I am talking about - they are PCI devices that present themselves as a hard drive, but are filled with commodity RAM instead of a magnetic platter, and a battery that lasts a few weeks without external power.

Cheers,
mark

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