Alex
On 5/30/06, Scott Marlowe <
smarlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 16:28, Riccardo Inverni wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I have to update a Linux box with PostgreSQL on it, essentially for
> data warehousing purposes. I had set it up about 3 years ago and at
> that time the best solution I had been recommended was to use SCSI
> disks with hardware RAID controllers.
>
> Is this still the way to go or things have recently changed? Any
> other suggestion/advice? What about SAN?
Actually, modern SATA server drives are now considered competitive with
the proper RAID controller.
Nowadays most people seem to recommend the Areca controllers. I haven't
used them myself, but would be happy to test them some day.
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