Re: Dell Poweredge server and Postgres

On 06/07/2010 08:08 PM, Vick Khera wrote:
>
> Our primary DB server is a Sun X4200 M2 with 20Gb RAM with a "Dual
> LSILogic FC7X04X 4Gb/s FC PCI-Express Adapter" fibre channel card
> plugged into it, directly connected to a SurfRAID Triton 16 array from
> Partners Data Systems. The SurfRAID does the RAID using its internal
> controlled. It has 16 SATA drives and 2GB of cache. I bought the
> whole system configured and burn-in tested from Partners Data Systems.
> I highly recommend them.
>
> Our backup DB server is almost identical. The only difference is that
> it is a Sun X4200 and uses the PCI-X version of the LSI card.
>
> If you're looking to do ZFS you can set this disk system to be in JBOD
> mode and it will easily handle all the data for you; I don't think
> you'll need multiple controllers.
>
>

Thanks for the help. Sounds like we have a few things to talk about
tomorrow in our management review :-)

thanks again!