Am Donnerstag, 10. März 2005 08:44 schrieb Karim Nassar:
> From rom http://www.powerpostgresql.com/PerfList/
>
> "even in a two-disk server, you can put the transaction log onto the
> operating system disk and reap some benefits."
>
> Context: I have a two disk server that is about to become dedicated to
> postgresql (it's a sun v40z running gentoo linux).
>
> What's "theoretically better"?
>
> 1) OS and pg_xlog on one disk, rest of postgresql on the other? (if I
> understand the above correctly)
> 2) Everything striped Raid 0?
> 3) <some answer from someone smarter than me>
Because of hard disk seeking times, a separate disk for WAL will be a lot
better.
regards