| From: | Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Alexander Farber <alexander(dot)farber(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: For a LAPP setup what is better: 1 fast or 2 slower machines |
| Date: | 2011-07-09 16:53:59 |
| Message-ID: | CAOR=d=2t_gcZKu05yR6-Pv6n3Xynpuf=x7-maw5L9-J+H5foVg@mail.gmail.com |
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On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Alexander Farber
<alexander(dot)farber(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm running a CentOS 5.6 / 64 bit Linux
> with PostgreSQL 8.4.8 and Drupal 7.4
> on a 4GB quad-CPU machine.
>
> In Autumn I can change my hoster
> and for EUR 100 can either take
>
> 1) 2 machines with i7-920 Quad-Core
> 8 GB RAM, 2 x 750 GB SATA-II HDD
> (Software-RAID 1)
>
> or
>
> 2) 1 machine i7-980X Hexa-Core
> 24 GB RAM, 1 x 1,5 TB SATA II
>
> What would you prefer?
2 machines for two reasons. 1: separating out app from db server
means it's way easier to figure out which is acting up should you have
a performance problem. 2: the dual machines have RAID-1 hard drives,
the single machine just has one big 1.5TB drive. No way would I run a
production system on a single drive, especially considering how cheap
hard drives are nowadays.
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