Re: Is this good spec for a PostgreSQL server?

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On 09/19/07 08:32, Bjørn T Johansen wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:59:36 -0500
> Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> wrote:
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>> On 09/19/07 07:33, Bjørn T Johansen wrote:
>>> Well, it isn't really the largest database or the database that
>>> need the most performance... At the moment, the database isn't
>>> larger than 15MB and is growing slowly... It is a webapp that is
>> That'll fit in shared memory. Very fast.
>>
>> Where will it be in a year?
>
> Well, twice as much I guess...
>
>>> using the database and at the most (at the moment) there is about
>>> 12-14 concurrent users and not much data volume...
>> How many users in a year?
>
> It's an internal webapp for a company, so I guess not that much more...
>
>>> We are thinking about this spec. because the web app is a java
>>> app, and we need need something that can run java fast as well as
>>> postgresql...
>> 12-14 users on a Quad-core system with 4GB RAM?
>>
>> Am I so old that (even accepting Tomcat and Java) that seems
>> "excessive"?
>
> Yes, I think that it's a bit excessive but the company can afford it so why not... :)

Lucky SOB.

I can't get my company to spring for a dual-core 2GB system with
SATA drives.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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