Re: What's better: Raid 0 or disk for seperate pg_xlog

From: Mario Weilguni <mweilguni(at)sime(dot)com>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Karim Nassar <Karim(dot)Nassar(at)acm(dot)org>
Subject: Re: What's better: Raid 0 or disk for seperate pg_xlog
Date: 2005-03-10 16:41:28
Message-ID: 200503101741.28407.mweilguni@sime.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-performance

Am Donnerstag, 10. März 2005 08:44 schrieb Karim Nassar:
> From rom http://www.powerpostgresql.com/PerfList/
>
> "even in a two-disk server, you can put the transaction log onto the
> operating system disk and reap some benefits."
>
> Context: I have a two disk server that is about to become dedicated to
> postgresql (it's a sun v40z running gentoo linux).
>
> What's "theoretically better"?
>
> 1) OS and pg_xlog on one disk, rest of postgresql on the other? (if I
> understand the above correctly)
> 2) Everything striped Raid 0?
> 3) <some answer from someone smarter than me>

Because of hard disk seeking times, a separate disk for WAL will be a lot
better.

regards

In response to

Browse pgsql-performance by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Karim Nassar 2005-03-10 19:50:31 Re: What's better: Raid 0 or disk for seperate pg_xlog
Previous Message John A Meinel 2005-03-10 15:26:51 Re: What's better: Raid 0 or disk for seperate pg_xlog