Re: [GENERAL] Disk arrangement in a cheap server

2007-11-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/25/07 01:28, Alex Turner wrote: > Why the hell would you buy a 1U chassis in the first place when > perfectly good cheap 4U chassis exists that will take 8 or more drives? > > 1U motherboards are a pain, 1U power supplies are a pain and 1U spa

Re: [GENERAL] Disk arrangement in a cheap server

2007-11-24 Thread Alex Turner
Why the hell would you buy a 1U chassis in the first place when perfectly good cheap 4U chassis exists that will take 8 or more drives? 1U motherboards are a pain, 1U power supplies are a pain and 1U space for drives sucks. Most tests I've seen these days show that there is very little actual ben

Re: [GENERAL] Disk arrangement in a cheap server

2007-11-24 Thread Steve Atkins
On Nov 24, 2007, at 8:17 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/24/07 09:12, Scott Marlowe wrote: On Nov 24, 2007 5:09 AM, Clodoaldo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I will build a cheap server and I'm in doubt about what would the the best for performance:

Re: [GENERAL] Disk arrangement in a cheap server

2007-11-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/24/07 09:12, Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Nov 24, 2007 5:09 AM, Clodoaldo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I will build a cheap server and I'm in doubt about what would the the >> best for performance: >> >> 1 - everything in one lonely fast 10,000 rpm

Re: [GENERAL] Disk arrangement in a cheap server

2007-11-24 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Nov 24, 2007 5:09 AM, Clodoaldo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will build a cheap server and I'm in doubt about what would the the > best for performance: > > 1 - everything in one lonely fast 10,000 rpm Raptor HD; > > 2 - two cheap 7,200 rpm 16MB cache HDs like this: > > disk 1 - system and

Re: [GENERAL] Disk arrangement in a cheap server

2007-11-24 Thread Gregory Williamson
Clodoaldo asked: > I will build a cheap server and I'm in doubt about what would the the > best for performance: > > 1 - everything in one lonely fast 10,000 rpm Raptor HD; > > 2 - two cheap 7,200 rpm 16MB cache HDs like this: > > disk 1 - system and pg_xlog > disk 2 - pg_data without p

[GENERAL] Disk arrangement in a cheap server

2007-11-24 Thread Clodoaldo
I will build a cheap server and I'm in doubt about what would the the best for performance: 1 - everything in one lonely fast 10,000 rpm Raptor HD; 2 - two cheap 7,200 rpm 16MB cache HDs like this: disk 1 - system and pg_xlog disk 2 - pg_data without pg_xlog or a better arrange sugge