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Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:49:21 -0700
From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
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To: Kenji Morishige <kenjim@juniper.net>
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Subject: Re: most bang for buck with ~ $20,000
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> 
> I am considering a setup such as this:
>   - At least dual cpu (possibly with 2 cores each)
>   - 4GB of RAM
>   - 2 disk RAID 1 array for root disk
>   - 4 disk RAID 1+0 array for PGDATA
>   - 2 disk RAID 1 array for pg_xlog
> 
> Does anyone know a vendor that might be able provide such setup?

I would look at the HP DL 385 or 585. The 385 is going to max a (2) dual 
core cpus. The 585 is (4) dual core cpus.

For 20k you should be able to go with a bit more then what you have 
above, specifically in the RAM department.

Joshua D. Drake


   Any
> critique in this design? I'm thinking having a 2 channel RAID controller to
> seperate the PGDATA, root and pg_xlog.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Kenji
> 
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