Martin Marques <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ok, now the 8.1 server has a RAID1 hardware board with SCSI disks, and
> the 8.2 is just a PentiumD with SATA disks (it's my desktop PC where I
> do tests). Should I have a lower random_page_cost on a machine that is
> likely to have a lower disk IO speed?
I'd guess the other way round: cheaper disks are likely to have worse
seek speeds, which translates to random accesses being proportionally
slower.
regards, tom lane
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