X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6003D1B56B for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 03:27:06 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [64.117.224.130]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 80698-05 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 03:26:54 -0300 (ADT) Received: from smtp.pspl.co.in (unknown [202.54.11.65]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62D19D1B8B2 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 03:26:51 -0300 (ADT) Received: (from root@localhost) by smtp.pspl.co.in (8.12.9/8.12.9) id h7J6V1IP009825 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:01:01 +0530 Received: from daithan (daithan.intranet.pspl.co.in [192.168.7.161]) (authenticated bits=0) by persistent.co.in (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7J6V13g009804 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:01:01 +0530 From: "Shridhar Daithankar" To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:58:45 +0530 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Insert performance Reply-To: shridhar_daithankar@persistent.co.in Message-ID: <3F4210F5.12800.E6D73AE@localhost> In-reply-to: <200308180957.59891.josh@agliodbs.com> References: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.12a) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200308/294 X-Sequence-Number: 3110 On 18 Aug 2003 at 9:57, Josh Berkus wrote: > Chris, > > > My expectations of a Netra wouldn't be terribly high, either; they > > seem to exist as a product so that people that need a cheap Sun box > > have an option. They are mostly running IDE disk, and the latest > > IA-32 hardware is likely to have newer faster interface options. > > Neither are ours ... we bought an array of 1U Netras as a dot-com closeout. > At $330 per machine including OS, they were a darned good deal, and with 4 of > them the redundancy makes up for the lack of individual server performance. I am sure they would run much better with linux on them rather than solaris.. Bye Shridhar -- Shannon's Observation: Nothing is so frustrating as a bad situation that is beginning to improve.