Re: How to improve db performance with $7K?

>The Chenbros are nice, but kinda pricey ($800) if Steve doesn't need the
>machine to be rackable.
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>If your primary goal is redundancy, you may wish to consider the possibility
>of building a brand-new machine for $7k (you can do a lot of machine for
>$7000 if it doesn't have to be rackable) and re-configuring the old machine
>and using it as a replication or PITR backup. This would allow you to
>configure the new machine with only a moderate amount of hardware redundancy
>while still having 100% confidence in staying running.
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Our servers are not racked, so a new one does not have to be. *If* it is
possible, I'd like to replace the main server with a new one. I could
tweak the new one the way I need it and work with the vendor to make
sure everything works well. In either case, I'll still need to test how
positioning of the tables/indexes across a raid10 will perform. I am
also waiting onProIV developers feedback. If their ProvIV modules will
not run under AMD64, or take advantage of the processor, then I'll stick
with the server we have.

Steve Poe