Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:21:24 -0500
From: "Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>
To: PFC <lists@peufeu.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: scaling up postgres
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On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 10:14:44PM +0200, PFC wrote:
> 
> >Uhm... stick with commodity CPUs?
> 
> 	Hehe, does this include Opterons ?
 
Absolutely. Heck, it wouldn't surprise me if a single model # of Opteron
sold more than all Power CPUs put together...

> 	Still, I looked on the "customize your server" link someone posted 
> 	and  it's amazing ; these things have become cheaper while I wasn't 
> looking...
> 	You can buy 10 of these boxes with raptors and 4 opteron cores and 8 
> 	gigs  of RAM for the price of your average marketing boss's car... 
> definitely  makes you think doesn't it.
 
And if you spend that much on CPU for a database, you're likely to be
pretty sadly disappointed, depending on what you're doing.

> 	Juts wait until someone equates the price in man-hours to fix/run a  
> borken Dell box...

Would probably sound like a Mastercard commercial...

Not having to babysit your servers every day: Priceless
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