Re: [PERFORM] seqential vs random io

2005-05-23 Thread Anjan Dave
-Original Message- From: David Parker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 5/23/2005 4:58 PM To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Cc: Subject: [PERFORM] seqential vs random io I just got a question from one our QA guys who is

Re: [PERFORM] seqential vs random io

2005-05-23 Thread Josh Berkus
David, > > I just got a question from one our QA guys who is configuring a RAID 10 > > disk that is destined to hold a postgresql database. The disk > > configuration procedure is asking him if he wants to optimize for > > sequential or random access. My first thought is that random is what we > >

Re: [PERFORM] seqential vs random io

2005-05-23 Thread John A Meinel
David Parker wrote: > I just got a question from one our QA guys who is configuring a RAID 10 > disk that is destined to hold a postgresql database. The disk > configuration procedure is asking him if he wants to optimize for > sequential or random access. My first thought is that random is what we

[PERFORM] seqential vs random io

2005-05-23 Thread David Parker
I just got a question from one our QA guys who is configuring a RAID 10 disk that is destined to hold a postgresql database. The disk configuration procedure is asking him if he wants to optimize for sequential or random access. My first thought is that random is what we would want, but then