---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ryan Wexler <r...@iridiumsuite.com> Date: Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [PERFORM] performance on new linux box To: Craig James <craig_ja...@emolecules.com>
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Craig James <craig_ja...@emolecules.com>wrote: > On 7/8/10 9:31 AM, Ryan Wexler wrote: > >> Thanks a lot for all the comments. The fact that both my windows box >> and the old linux box both show a massive performance improvement over >> the new linux box seems to point to hardware to me. I am not sure how >> to test the fsync issue, but i don't see how that could be it. >> >> The raid card the server has in it is: >> 3Ware 4 Port 9650SE-4LPML RAID Card >> >> Looking it up, it seems to indicate that it has BBU >> > > Make sure the battery isn't dead. Most RAID controllers drop to non-BBU > speeds if they detect that the battery is faulty. > > Craig > > -- > Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance > Thanks. The server is hosted, so it is a bit of a hassle to figure this stuff out, but I am having someone check.