Re: [GENERAL] Deploying PostgreSQL on CentOS with SSD and Hardware RAID

2013-05-16 Thread Matt Brock
So a week after asking our HP dealer, they've finally replied to say that they can't tell us what manufacturer and model the SSDs are because "HP treat this information as company confidential". Not particularly helpful. They have at least confirmed that the drives have "surprise power loss pro

Re: [GENERAL] Deploying PostgreSQL on CentOS with SSD and Hardware RAID

2013-05-11 Thread Matt Brock
On 10 May 2013, at 16:25, David Boreham wrote: > I've never looked at SLC drives in the past few years and don't know anyone > who uses them these days. Because SLCs are still more expensive? Because MLCs are now almost as good as SLCs for performance/endurance? I should point out that this d

Re: [GENERAL] Deploying PostgreSQL on CentOS with SSD and Hardware RAID

2013-05-10 Thread Matt Brock
13 at 9:14 AM, Matt Brock wrote: >> Hello. >> >> We're intending to deploy PostgreSQL on Linux with SSD drives which would be >> in a RAID 1 configuration with Hardware RAID. >> >> My first question is essentially: are there any issues we need to be aware &

[GENERAL] Deploying PostgreSQL on CentOS with SSD and Hardware RAID

2013-05-10 Thread Matt Brock
Hello. We're intending to deploy PostgreSQL on Linux with SSD drives which would be in a RAID 1 configuration with Hardware RAID. My first question is essentially: are there any issues we need to be aware of when running PostgreSQL 9 on CentOS 6 on a server with SSD drives in a Hardware RAID 1