Re: index and data tablespaces on two separate drives or one RAID 0?

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: index and data tablespaces on two separate drives or one RAID 0?
Date: 2012-07-06 18:11:27
Message-ID: 4FF72A4F.4000500@hogranch.com
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On 07/06/12 10:05 AM, ach wrote:
> A) Leave the disk setup as-is, with indexes on one drive and tables on
> another?
>
> OR
>
> B) Combine the two separate drives into a single RAID 0, put both indexes
> and table data on that RAID, and run from there?

My fastest postgresql servers have everything on one raid10, using 16 or
20 15000 rpm SAS2 drives on a 1gb flash-backed cache controller.

> (the WAL drive I'll be leaving as completely separate and standalone, of
> course)

why?

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john r pierce N 37, W 122
santa cruz ca mid-left coast

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