X-Original-To: pgsql-general-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C06CBD1B181 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 02:13:00 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 22710-05 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 05:13:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from proxy.ddcom.co.jp (proxy.ddcom.co.jp [211.121.191.163]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EEEA4D1B1D0 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 02:12:51 -0300 (ADT) Received: (qmail 31232 invoked by alias); 12 Jul 2004 05:12:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO matthew) (10.10.10.11) by mail.ddcom.local with SMTP; 12 Jul 2004 05:12:12 -0000 Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:12:57 +0900 From: Joel To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Do we need more emphasis on backup? In-Reply-To: <200407120359.i6C3xqs04304@candle.pha.pa.us> References: <20040712114448.3AD9.REES@ddcom.co.jp> <200407120359.i6C3xqs04304@candle.pha.pa.us> Message-Id: <20040712140533.E2BB.REES@ddcom.co.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.00.06 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200407/394 X-Sequence-Number: 62993 > New text: > >

Because PC hardware is mostly compatible, people tend to believe that > all PC hardware is of equal quality. It is not. ECC RAM, SCSI, and > quality motherboards are more reliable and have better performance than > less expensive hardware. PostgreSQL will run on almost any hardware, > but if reliability and performance are important it is wise to > research your hardware options thoroughly. Our email lists can be used > to discuss hardware options and tradeoffs.

I like that, too. (And now, after a break with real-world grammars, back to the cold, cruel world of mechanical parsers. ;) -- Joel