Re: 12 disks raid setup

["Jignesh K. Shah" <J(dot)K(dot)Shah(at)sun(dot)com>]

Franck Routier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am in the process of setting up a postgresql server with 12 SAS disks.
>
> I am considering two options:
>
> 1) set up a 12 disks raid 10 array to get maximum raw performance from
> the system and put everything on it (it the whole pg cluster, including
> WAL, and every tablespcace)
>
> 2) set up 3 raid 10 arrays of 4 disks, and dispatch my data on these
> disks via tablespaces :
>
> data1 = pg cluster + references data (dimensions) tablespace
> data2 = fact data tablespace
> data3 = indices tablespace
>
>
>   

Option 2: Infact I would also say within one of the RAID1 use another 
softpartition and separate out pg_xlog also.

My 2 cents based on my benchmarks.

-Jignesh