Received: from localhost (maia-1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BE149FB5F5 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 01:45:59 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02623-08 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 01:45:56 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from mail.dslr.net (mail.dslreports.com [209.123.192.187]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF5369FB5C5 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 01:45:56 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.dslr.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2599429EB for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 00:45:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.dslr.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (coral.dslreports.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 20469-01 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 00:45:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail.dslr.net (Postfix, from userid 997) id 8D16A42A0C; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 00:45:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.2.3] (ool-18bc0e98.dyn.optonline.net [24.188.14.152]) by mail.dslr.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78E87429EB for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 00:45:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <46BA9BE7.4010309@dslr.net> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:45:27 -0400 From: justin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: mid 2007 "best bang for the buck" hardware opinions References: <46BA8B52.2030204@dslr.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at dslr.net X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.001 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=BAYES_50=0.001 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200708/79 X-Sequence-Number: 26209 No it wouldn't be much kit for $20k but that example is currently coming in at $9k ... (the $20k referred to is last years topic). I think I can spend up to $15k but it would have to be clearly faster/better/more expandable than this config. Or I can spend $9k with someone else if I can convince myself it is just a better option. The sense that there might be better options out there, I've no doubt in.. it is why I posted hoping for some solid leads on what & why. Scott Marlowe wrote: > On 8/8/07, justin wrote: > >> I saw an interesting topic in the archives on best bang for the buck for >> $20k.. about a year old now. >> >> So whats the thoughts on a current combined rack/disks/cpu combo around >> the $10k-$15k point, currently? >> >> I can configure up a Dell poweredge 2900 for $9k, but am wondering if >> I'm missing out on something better. >> ( 9k spent with mr dell that gets you 2x quad core xeon X535s, so thats >> 8 cores total, with 24gb of memory >> and 8x 146gb 15k serial attached scsi connected, raid10, attached to a >> perc 5/i with redundant power supplies, >> all in what looks like a 3u chassis). But the system is pretty maxxed >> out like that, no room for future expansion. >> >> better options? or a better balance for a pure db box that is mostly >> smaller reads and large indexes? >> > > That's not much kit for $20k. > > I went to www.aberdeeninc.com and speced out a box with 24 750G > barracudas, battery backed cache RAID and dual Quad core 2.66GHz > xeons, and 16 Gigs of ram for $15k. Another 16gigs of ram would > probably put it around 18k or so, but they didn't have the config > option enabled there. > > I consider Dells to be mediocre hardware with mediocre support. > > There are lots of medium sized integration shops out there that make > better servers with lots more storage for a lot less. > >