X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D277D71C4 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:51:49 -0400 (AST) 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 85431-03 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 23:51:51 +0000 (GMT) X-Greylist: delayed 03:10:29.601869 by SQLgrey- Received: from svr2.postgresql.org (svr2.postgresql.org [65.19.161.25]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABB00DB1D4 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:51:45 -0400 (AST) Received: from unicorn.rentec.com (unicorn.rentec.com [216.223.240.9]) by svr2.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1103F0B4F for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 20:41:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ram.rentec.com (mailhost [192.5.35.66]) by unicorn.rentec.com (8.13.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id jAHKemIN018282 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:40:49 -0500 (EST) X-Source: non-mednet Received: from [172.26.132.145] (hoopoe.rentec.com [172.26.132.145]) by ram.rentec.com (8.13.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id jAHKeK02014568; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:40:20 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <437CEAD5.1090106@rentec.com> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:40:53 -0500 From: Alan Stange Reply-To: stange@rentec.com Organization: Renaissance Technologies Corp. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: david_list@boreham.org, pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Hardware/OS recommendations for large databases ( References: <200511161550.jAGFoCY09049@candle.pha.pa.us> <437B578C.4000309@boreham.org> <33c6269f0511171150j24f2dd2bq607b69994338aa9@mail.gmail.com> <437CE847.3010101@boreham.org> In-Reply-To: <437CE847.3010101@boreham.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Logged: Logged by unicorn.rentec.com as jAHKemIN018282 at Thu Nov 17 15:40:49 2005 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 required=5 tests=[none] X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200511/339 X-Sequence-Number: 15596 David Boreham wrote: > Alex Turner wrote: > >> Just pick up a SCSI drive and a consumer ATA drive. >> >> Feel their weight. >> >> > Not sure I get your point. We would want the lighter one, > all things being equal, right ? (lower shipping costs, less likely > to break when dropped on the floor....) Why would the lighter one be less likely to break when dropped on the floor? -- Alan