Re: Splitting queries across servers

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:17:29 -0800, Max <maxdl(at)adelphia(dot)net> wrote:
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> >
> > With a Quad Opteron (4 memory slots per CPU), you could put 64GB of RAM
> > onto a single machine using 4GB DIMMs in every slot.
>
> We were talking about a similar solution today, but not quite as good as
> this. You really got me thinking now. 64Gb.. hm that would solve many
> issues. what do you think the cost would be for such a beast ? Any idea ?

Depending on the vendor and the storage subsystem, between $20k and
$50k, and if you start with less memory it will be much less. I can
attest to the fact that 4 x Opterons work VERY nicely. ;)

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> Max
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