On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Raymond Fung <raymo...@iohk.com> wrote: > Can you give us some idea on the amount of data store maintained ? Say, > number of records in the database, and approx. record size. Also, how > much would a DB dump occupies ?
Scott is really the best person to answer this question. The database is 35GB, growing at roughly 1GB per quarter. I have no idea how much disk space is needed for the many log files that are generated. > Hard disk are just so cheap these days, that you can just ignore RAID > 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 50 at all and just mirror all your hard disks (RAID 1) > plus hot spare. You may even consider move to SSD (solid state disks), > which have a much longer life span (and faster access time) than any > mechanical hard disks. I'm not an expert on which RAID would be best. I think SSD disks are too expensive. We loaded up on memory to keep lots of DB data in fast access RAM. _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list Prime@hogranch.com http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
