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@ 2007-08-09 03:34 justin <justin@dslr.net>
2007-08-09 04:06 ` Re: mid 2007 "best bang for the buck" hardware opinions Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
2007-08-09 14:40 ` Re: mid 2007 "best bang for the buck" hardware opinions Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org>
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From: justin @ 2007-08-09 03:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-performance
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?
This would be to go into a rack with existing but older equipment that
can be warm standby
so I don't have to split the cost here for getting redundancy.
thanks for any 2007 advice!
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* Re: mid 2007 "best bang for the buck" hardware opinions
2007-08-09 03:34 mid 2007 "best bang for the buck" hardware opinions justin <justin@dslr.net>
@ 2007-08-09 04:06 ` Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
2007-08-09 04:45 ` Re: mid 2007 "best bang for the buck" hardware opinions justin <justin@dslr.net>
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From: Scott Marlowe @ 2007-08-09 04:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: justin <justin@dslr.net>; +Cc: pgsql-performance
On 8/8/07, justin <justin@dslr.net> 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.
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* Re: mid 2007 "best bang for the buck" hardware opinions
2007-08-09 03:34 mid 2007 "best bang for the buck" hardware opinions justin <justin@dslr.net>
2007-08-09 04:06 ` Re: mid 2007 "best bang for the buck" hardware opinions Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
@ 2007-08-09 04:45 ` justin <justin@dslr.net>
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From: justin @ 2007-08-09 04:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-performance
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 <justin@dslr.net> 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.
>
>
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* Re: mid 2007 "best bang for the buck" hardware opinions
2007-08-09 03:34 mid 2007 "best bang for the buck" hardware opinions justin <justin@dslr.net>
@ 2007-08-09 14:40 ` Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org>
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From: Vivek Khera @ 2007-08-09 14:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-performance
On Aug 8, 2007, at 11:34 PM, justin wrote:
> So whats the thoughts on a current combined rack/disks/cpu combo
> around the $10k-$15k point, currently?
I just put into production testing this setup:
SunFire X4100M2 (2x Opteron Dual core) with 20Gb RAM and an LSI PCI-e
dual-channel 4Gb Fibre channel adapter, connected to Partners Data
Systems' Triton 16FA4 RAID array. The Triton array consists of 16
SATA drives and connects out to 4Gb fibre channel. I run FreeBSD 6.2
on it.
It is very fast. ;-)
It cost a bit over $20k.
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