Re: Bad iostat numbers

From: Michael Stone <mstone+postgres(at)mathom(dot)us>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Bad iostat numbers
Date: 2006-12-05 14:49:41
Message-ID: 20061205144939.GA1622@mathom.us
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On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 07:57:43AM -0500, Alex Turner wrote:
>The problem I see with software raid is the issue of a battery backed unit:
>If the computer loses power, then the 'cache' which is held in system
>memory, goes away, and fubars your RAID.

Since the Adaptec doesn't have a BBU, it's a lateral move. Also, this is
less an issue of data integrity than performance; you can get exactly
the same level of integrity, you just have to wait for the data to sync
to disk. If you're read-mostly that's irrelevant.

Mike Stone

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