Re: [PERFORM] Tuning guidelines for server with 256GB of RAM and SSDs?

2016-07-07 Thread Kaixi Luo
> Regarding write back cache: > Disabling the write back cache won't have a real large impact on the > endurance of the drive unless it reduces the total number of bytes written > (which it won't). I've seen drives that perform better with it disabled and > drives that perform better with it enable

Re: [PERFORM] Tuning guidelines for server with 256GB of RAM and SSDs?

2016-07-07 Thread Kaixi Luo
gt;> background_bytes and 512 MB dirty_bytes. >> >> Tigran. >> >> On Jul 5, 2016 16:51, Kaixi Luo wrote: >> >> >> Here are my server specs: >> >> RAID1 - 2x480GB Samsung SSD with power loss protection (will be used >> to >&g

[PERFORM] Tuning guidelines for server with 256GB of RAM and SSDs?

2016-07-05 Thread Kaixi Luo
should I set these values, given that my RAID's WriteBack cache size is 512MB? Thank you very much. Kaixi Luo