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We are in the process of building a database on a 4
processor 1.8GHz, 4GB RAM Dell 6650.
I am trying to figure out the most efficient way to
use LVM for our raw data storage. We have a RAID array with 8x36GB drives
in it. Should I do a raid 1+0(mirror 4 disks, and span them to get
one logical volume)?
If so this leaves me a /dev/sdb. Or would I
get better performance if I mirror 1 + 5, 2 + 6, 3 + 7, 4+ 8 to give me
/dev/sd[b-e].
Is it possible to figure out where the center of
our spindles are? So I can arrange for the heads to spend little time
seeking?
Any perfomance hints would be greatly
appreciated.
thanks
Joe K.
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