I have read it before - it's a _fantastic_ resource, and I will probably make every junior tech I ever hire read it too. On 10/28/05, Bruce Momjian <pgman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Alex Turner wrote: > > Of course not counting the Western Digital Raptor SATA drive, which > > are priced more like SCSI drives also, and have many of the features > > of a SCSI drive including NCQ > > > > Well, the PDF talks about several aspects of server drives, including > concurrency, performance, and reliability. Not cutting corners to save > money in these areas are features for server drives. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Alex > > > > On 10/28/05, Bruce Momjian <pgman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Andrus wrote: > > > > >> QUANTUM FIREPALLP LM20.5 is a widely used ATA IDE drive. > > > > >> > > > > >> Where do find information does it implement write caching properly or not > > > > >> ? > > > > > > > > > > I don't think the manufacturers bother to make this sort of information > > > > > available. > > > > > > > > > >> Is there IDE drive compatibility list for Postgres ? > > > > > > > > > > No - for the reason above (amongst oghers). > > > > > > > > Richard, thank you. > > > > Classification of IDE drives into good and bad ones requires knowing *at > > > > least one* good and bad model. > > > > > > > > Can you write one good and bad IDE drive models, please? > > > > > > > > Knowing those models before buying is huge step forward for perventing > > > > database corruption in desktop computers. > > > > > > The bottom line is that IDE are desktop drives, not designed for high > > > concurrency. Read this for details: > > > > > > http://www.seagate.com/content/docs/pdf/whitepaper/D2c_More_than_Interface_ATA_vs_SCSI_042003.pdf > > > > > > -- > > > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > > > pgman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (610) 359-1001 > > > + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road > > > + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > > TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend > > > > > > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > pgman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (610) 359-1001 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road > + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
