On Wednesday 2006-01-18 17:38, Michael Crozier wrote: > > I once read in an O'Reilly book on tuning Solaris about RAID-50. That's > > right multiple RAID-5 disk sets each treated as a single logical drive > > then striped with RAID-0. The book said that if built correctly load > > balancing could make performance approach RAID-10 at considerably lower > > cost for VERY large storage arrays. > > > > Have any list members had experience with RAID-50? > > There have been a few recent discussions on the pg-performance mailing list > that touched on RAID-50. I'm sorry, but I don't remember the conclusions > (if there were any). I'd suggest a peek at the archives. > > Are you researching this for Postgresql Solaris? I would certainly > appreciate hearing about any of your findings, especially if this is for a > PG/Solaris/LVM combination. > > Regards, > > Michael I wish I had some practical motivation. Alas, I am asking out of idle curiosity.
