Eliot Gable <egable+pgsql-performance@gmail.com> wrote:
> For about $2k - $3k, you can get a server that will do upwards of
> 300 MB/sec, assuming the bulk of that cost goes to a good
> hardware-based RAID controller with a battery backed-up cache and
> some good 15k RPM SAS drives.
FWIW, I concur that the description so far suggests that this server
either doesn't have a good RAID controller card with battery backed-
up (BBU) cache, or that it isn't configured properly.
-Kevin