[ADMIN] fsync tests

2010-06-06 Thread RBN
I ran test_fsync on a local ext 3 partition and on a raid jfs SSD array 8x32GB RAID10. The local disk returned quickly and gave what looks like acceptable results. However, the RAID looks pretty bad. Any one have any idea why fsync would take so long on an SSD RAID 10. LOCAL DISK Simple write

[ADMIN] Filesystem and PG configuration

2010-06-04 Thread RBN
Can someone suggest some appropriate initial configuration parameters and shared memory settings for the following hardware? I'm running Debian on a Dell with 4x6 core CPU and 128GB memory and writing to a coraid with 9 x 32GB SSDs RAID 10 using jfs with 8 drives active and 1 as spare. I'm consi