2 HDD - what is the best setup?

[Pureman]

I've got two 500 GB Samsung HDDs. I would like to know what setup you advice for HEM/Postgres with huge databases.

#1 Vista+HEM+Postgres on first HDD, the files to import on second HDD.
#2 Different setup?

Let me know what will lead to the best import and overall performance. Thx guys :cool:.

[Patvs]

Best performance: 2x 500 GB in RAID0, install EVERYTHING on the RAID array.
(risk: if one drive fails, you lose ALL data)

Savety (recommended): Install Windows + Programs on drive 1... and SQL/Mediafiles on drive 2

[Pureman]

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[Pureman]

Some ppl keep telling me that it would be fastest to have everything on HDD #1 and put the files I want to import on HDD #2. That way one HDD would read the data and the other one would write it, hence it is the fastest setup.

What's your opinion on that setup Patvs?

[fozzy71]

That is how I would set it up, by default. You want to install your OS and Applications to the C drive. I would install Full Tilt on the C drive, but I would probably keep HM on the data drive just for data protection in case there are problems with the C drive. Then when installing postgresql you select your destination data directory, which you need to make manually.

Data D:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.4\data

You could probably shorten it to D:\PostgreSQL\8.4\data if you wanted.

Use this installer, not our combo installer, so you can pick the install path and the data path.

http://www.holdemmanager.com/downloads/postgresql_8.4.2.1.exe