Lets say HP Modular Storage/Smart Array.. http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/disk_storage/msa_diskarrays/san_arrays/index.html
From: Chaim Rieger <chaim.rie...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: MySQL Log and Data directories To: "Michael Dykman" <mdyk...@gmail.com> Cc: dbrb2002-...@yahoo.com, mysql@lists.mysql.com Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 10:31 AM Michael Dykman wrote: > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:22 PM, <dbrb2002-...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> On a high read/write load.. is it good to split log (binlogs, innodb txn >> logs) and data (all tables, innodb tablespace) in different partitions ? >> >> Anybody had any experience ? >> >> For example; out of 25 disks array with 142GB 10000rpm... I would like to >> keep few disks to logs and rest to data .. is it advised or better to keep >> everything in spool so that all spindles can be efficiently managed... >> >> Thanks in advance >> > > You most certainly can get enhanced performance by putting your bin > log and transaction logs onto separate spindles.. Separate > partitions on the same physical device will be of little-to-no-value. > For systems like Oracle or DB2, this is part of the standard > installation drill. ON MySQL, I do not do this routinely, but I do > when I am expecting high, sustained loads, > > > what kind of storage are you using ? we do this on netapp.
