>>>>> "TD" == Thom Dyson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
TD> The Dell PERC controllers have a very strong reputation for terrible TD> performance. If you search the archives of the Dell Linux Power Edge list TD> (dell.com/linux), you will find many, many people who get better TD> performance from software RAID, rather than the hw RAID on the PERC. The PERC controllers are just a fancy name for a whole host of different hardware. I have several, and some are made by LSI and some are made by Adaptec. My latest is PERC3/DC which is an LSI MegaRAID and is pretty darned fast. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
