Bruce Momjian wrote: > > scott.marlowe wrote: <snip> > > It seems like sometimes we consider these issues more from the one or two > > SCSI drives perspective insted of the big box o drives perspective. > > Yes, it is mostly for non-RAID drives, but also, sometimes single drives > can be faster. When you have a drive array, it isn't as easy to hit > each drive and keep it running sequentially. Of course, I don't have > any hard numbers on that. ;-)
Arrghh... please remember that "big bunch of drives" != "all in one array". It's common to have a bunch of drives and allocate different ones for different tasks appropriately, whether in array sets, individually, mirrored, etc. 100% totally feasible to have a separate 15k SCSI drive or two just purely for doing sorts if it would assist in throughput. :-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (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: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]