| From: | "Luke Lonergan" <llonergan(at)greenplum(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Leigh Dyer" <leigh(at)eclinic(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | "Juan Casero (FL FLC)" <Juan(dot)Casero(at)wholefoods(dot)com>, "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Sun Fire T2000 and PostgreSQL 8.1.3 |
| Date: | 2006-04-06 04:27:27 |
| Message-ID: | C059E6BF.20F70%llonergan@greenplum.com |
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Leigh,
On 4/5/06 9:23 PM, "Leigh Dyer" <leigh(at)eclinic(dot)com(dot)au> wrote:
> We've got a Sun Fire V40z and it's quite a nice machine -- 6x 15krpm
> drives, 4GB RAM, and a pair of Opteron 850s. This gives us more than
> enough power now for what we need, but it's nice to know that we can
> shoehorn a lot more RAM, and up it to eight CPU cores if needed.
We have one of these too - ours is signed by Scott McNealy.
> The newer Sun Opteron systems look nice too, but unless you're using
> external storage, their little 2.5" hard drives may not be ideal.
Yes - but they end-of-lifed the V20z and V40z!
One big problem with the sun line in general is the tiny internal storage
capacity - already too small on the V40z at 5/6 drives, now ridiculous at 4
SAS drives on the galaxy series.
- Luke
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