Hi, There's not a single answer for this. It depends on each configuration, for each SAN, for each SAN topology... Is not that easy as it appears ;) regards, -- Jordi http://systemadmin.es On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:50 AM, KenShelby <kshelby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The thread in this forum about using SSD for journals... > > http://www.nabble.com/journal-on-an-ssd-to19411589.html > > leads me to ask: > > What is the best way to configure journals for about half a dozen servers > accessing some twenty file systems hosted on a RAID-5 SAN array? The array > holds relational databases which are used in an OLTP style by web-based > apps, so it sees lots of small-ish, nonsequential transactions. Presume the > array has enough physical disks and cache to provide normally acceptable > performance. None of the file systems on the array are shared: each file > system is mounted (and zoned and masked) to one and only one server, though > there may be several file systems on a server. > > Thanks in advance! > > > ----- > "You people from New Jersey are the Gypsies of the Galaxy!" > > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Journal-config-for-SAN-array-tp20525748p20525748.html > Sent from the Ext3 - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Ext3-users mailing list > Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users > _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
