On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Brian Modra<brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > (...) and 6x300GB SAS RAID 10 for the database... but some experts have said > RAID 5 is fine. I'm inlined to think RAID 10, but I'm not an expert. These guys: http://www.baarf.com/ ... kinda dislike RAID5 with a passion; dunno if it's related to stuff like: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/billg/archive/2007/06/18/RAID-10-vs.-RAID-5-Performance.aspx Good luck. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin