Re: 12 disks raid setup

["Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>]

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On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:17:29 -0500
"Jignesh K. Shah" <J(dot)K(dot)Shah(at)sun(dot)com> wrote:

> 
> 
> 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)

I would do this (assuming you have other spindles for the OS):

/data1 - RAID 10  journalled filesystem + 1 (so 9 disks)
/xlogs - RAID 1 non journalled filesystem + 1 (so 3 disks)


You can create any number of tablespaces for further growth you see fit
and move them as more IO becomes available.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


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