From: mark <dvlhntr@gmail.com>
To: 'Andy' <angelflow@yahoo.com>
To: 'Marti Raudsepp' <marti@juffo.org>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Cc: 'Benjamin Krajmalnik' <kraj@servoyant.com>
Subject: Re: Hardware recommendations
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 22:17:18 -0700
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-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Andy
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 5:24 PM
To: Marti Raudsepp
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Benjamin Krajmalnik
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Hardware recommendations
>> > If you are IO-bound, you might want to consider using
>> SSD.
>> >
>> > A single SSD could easily give you more IOPS than 16
>> 15k SAS in RAID 10.
>>
>> Are there any that don't risk your data on power loss, AND
>> are cheaper
>> than SAS RAID 10?
>>
>Vertex 2 Pro has a built-in supercapacitor to save data on power loss. It's
spec'd at 50K IOPS and a 200GB one costs around $1,000.
Viking offers 6Gbps SAS physical connector SSD drives as well - with a super
capacitor.
I have not seen any official pricing yet, but I would suspect it would be in
the same ballpark.
I am currently begging to get some for eval. I will let everyone know if I
swing that and can post numbers.
-mark
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