X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33E4211F6B30 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 03:45:02 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 63905-02 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 03:44:56 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from linda-4.paradise.net.nz (bm-4a.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16B4C11F6B0D for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 03:44:57 -0300 (ADT) Received: from smtp-3.paradise.net.nz (tclsnelb1-src-1.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.172]) by linda-4.paradise.net.nz (Paradise.net.nz) with ESMTP id <0IXA001L5G2VYG@linda-4.paradise.net.nz> for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:44:55 +1200 (NZST) Received: from [192.168.1.11] (218-101-29-161.dsl.clear.net.nz [218.101.29.161]) by smtp-3.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EEF51128C3A; Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:44:54 +1200 (NZST) Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:44:52 +1200 From: Mark Kirkwood Subject: Re: Sun Fire T2000 and PostgreSQL 8.1.3 In-reply-to: <44349D44.10902@eclinic.com.au> To: Leigh Dyer Cc: Luke Lonergan , "Juan Casero (FL FLC)" , Josh Berkus , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Message-id: <4434B8E4.8010208@paradise.net.nz> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20051106) References: <44349D44.10902@eclinic.com.au> 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: 200604/96 X-Sequence-Number: 18180 Leigh Dyer wrote: > Luke Lonergan wrote: > >> Leigh, >> >> On 4/5/06 9:23 PM, "Leigh Dyer" wrote: >> >>> We've got a Sun Fire V40z and it's quite a nice machine -- 6x 15krpm >>> drives, 4GB RAM, and a pair of Opteron 850s. This gives us more than >>> enough power now for what we need, but it's nice to know that we can >>> shoehorn a lot more RAM, and up it to eight CPU cores if needed. >> >> >> We have one of these too - ours is signed by Scott McNealy. >> > > Nice :) > >>> The newer Sun Opteron systems look nice too, but unless you're using >>> external storage, their little 2.5" hard drives may not be ideal. >> >> >> Yes - but they end-of-lifed the V20z and V40z! >> > That's quite disappointing to hear -- our V40z isn't even six months > old! We're not a big company, so external storage solutions are outside > our price range, but we still wanted a nice brand-name box, and the V40z > was a great deal compared to smaller boxes like the HP DL385. > >> One big problem with the sun line in general is the tiny internal storage >> capacity - already too small on the V40z at 5/6 drives, now ridiculous >> at 4 >> SAS drives on the galaxy series. > > I'm sure those little SAS drives would be great for web servers and > other non-IO-intensive tasks though -- I'd love to get some X4100s in to > replace our Poweredge 1750s for that. It's a smart move overall IMHO, > but it's certainly not great for database serving. > > I notice that Supermicro have recently brought out some Opteron systems, they are hiding them here: http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/system/ The 4U's have 8 SATA/SCSI drive bays - maybe still not enough, but better than 6! Cheers Mark