On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Henrik <henke@xxxxxx> wrote: > But random writes should be faster on a RAID10 as it doesn't need to > calculate parity. That is why people suggest RAID 10 for datases, correct? > I can understand that RAID5 can be faster with sequential writes. There is some data here that does not support that RAID5 can be faster than RAID10 for sequential writes: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/HP_ProLiant_DL380_G5_Tuning_Guide Regards, Mark
