On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, Douglas J Hunley wrote:
The db resides on a HP Modular Storage Array 500 G2. 4x72.8Gb 15k rpm disks. 1 raid 6 logical volume. Compaq Smart Array 6404 controller
You might consider doing some simple disk tests on the array just to prove it's working well. Reports here suggest the HP/Compaq arrays have been somewhat inconsistant in performance, and it would be helpful to know if you've got a good or a bad setup. Some hints here are at http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/content/postgresql/pg-disktesting.htm
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