Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.191]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97D769FA290 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 05:43:34 -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 77675-02 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 05:43:28 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mx2.hub.org (mx2.hub.org [200.46.204.254]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC4079F9BB4 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 05:43:27 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from ptb-relay02.plus.net (ptb-relay02.plus.net [212.159.14.213]) by mx2.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95ED28B2818 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 05:43:27 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [84.51.143.99] (helo=server3.office.archonet.com) by ptb-relay02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1ITCrA-0002Ez-3l; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:36:56 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.36] (dell36.office.archonet.com [192.168.1.36]) by server3.office.archonet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04E8A274064; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 09:17:35 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <46DFB79E.9040407@archonet.com> Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:17:34 +0100 From: Richard Huxton User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Willo van der Merwe CC: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Hardware spec References: <46DFA43C.2030201@mirasol.co.za> In-Reply-To: <46DFA43C.2030201@mirasol.co.za> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200709/73 X-Sequence-Number: 26618 Willo van der Merwe wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm have the rare opportunity to spec the hardware for a new database > server. It's going to replace an older one, driving a social networking > web application. The current server (a quad opteron with 4Gb of RAM and > 80Gb fast SCSI RAID10) is coping with an average load of ranging between > 1.5 and 3.5. > > The new machine spec I have so far: What's the limiting factor on your current machine - disk, memory, cpup? -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd