Re: For the ametures. (related to "Are we losing momentum?")

On Tuesday 22 April 2003 11:18, Tom Lane wrote:
> My recommendation at the moment would be: WAL on dedicated spindle,
> everything else on the best RAID array you can set up.  And buy as much
> RAM as you can afford.

Hmm.  Is this safe?  Let's assume for argument's sake that the RAID is 100% 
reliable and that the local spindle will eventually fail.  Can I lose data by 
leaving WAL on the local spindle?  Or are you suggesting two full RAID 
systems?

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