Does your controller support odd number RAID-10 i.e. RAID 1E? If so then 3 disks in RAID-1E. Or better 10 disks in 1E On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Rene Romero Benavides <rene.romero.b@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for your attention. > What would you choose for a postgresql installation: 3 disks configured with > RAID 0 (in a self replicating SAN) over 10 disks configured with RAID 5 > (also in a self replicating SAN) , we have space constraints that prohibit > us from choosing RAID 1+0. > I've been persuaded to choose RAID 5, because writes and parity computation > will be spread over 10 disks compensating write overhead providing a better > level of data security. > > Do you think it was a good decision? Any comment will be appreciated. Have a > good day. > > -- > El genio es 1% inspiración y 99% transpiración. > Thomas Alva Edison > http://pglearn.blogspot.mx/ > -- To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
