| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "gpap(at)ifrance(dot)com" <gpap(at)ifrance(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: sizing of a server |
| Date: | 2006-08-09 12:38:30 |
| Message-ID: | 44D9D746.9030500@commandprompt.com |
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>
> The best way of finding out is to do some testing - use a standard
> desktop machine (or laptop) and see how that performs. Make sure you
> have a realistic mix and amount of data though.
>
> If I had to guess, I'd buy a cheap server with some SATA disks (at least
> 2 so you can mirror them) and as much RAM as was left in my budget.
Yeah, this sounds like a dualcore amd64 with a areca 4 drive sata raid
10 array. Put 2/4 gig of ram in it, and you will think it is just flying.
Joshua D. Drake
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