--- On Thu, 5/2/09, Matt Burke <mattblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Matt Burke <mattblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: suggestions for postgresql setup on Dell 2950 , PERC6i controller > To: pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, 5 February, 2009, 12:40 PM > Arjen van der Meijden wrote: > > > Afaik the Perc 5/i and /e are more or less rebranded > LSI-cards (they're > > not identical in layout etc), so it would be a bit > weird if they > > performed much less than the similar LSI's > wouldn't you think? > > I've recently had to replace a PERC4/DC with the exact > same card made by > LSI (320-2) because the PERCs firmware was crippled. Its > idea of RAID10 > actually appears to be concatenated RAID1 arrays. > Did you try flashing the PERC with the LSI firmware? I tried flashing a PERC3/dc with LSI firmware, it worked fine but I saw no difference in performance so I assumed it must be somethign else on the board that cripples it. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
