Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16B129FA26C for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 06:26:53 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 77130-07 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 06:26:41 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from ctb-mesg-1-2.saix.net (ctb-mesg-1-2.saix.net [196.25.240.80]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 067519F9D2D for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 06:26:50 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mirasol.co.za (dsl-240-132-190.telkomadsl.co.za [41.240.132.190]) by ctb-mesg-1-2.saix.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 96EEA136E5 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:26:47 +0200 (SAST) Received: (qmail 1473 invoked by uid 453); 6 Sep 2007 09:26:47 -0000 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on mirasol.co.za Received: from pc-00052.mirasol.co.za (HELO [172.16.0.52]) (172.16.0.52) by mirasol.co.za (qpsmtpd/0.40) with ESMTP; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:26:46 -0400 Message-ID: <46DFC7D6.2080803@mirasol.co.za> Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:26:46 +0200 From: Willo van der Merwe User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Richard Huxton CC: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Hardware spec References: <46DFA43C.2030201@mirasol.co.za> <46DFB79E.9040407@archonet.com> In-Reply-To: <46DFB79E.9040407@archonet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 200709/74 X-Sequence-Number: 26619 Richard Huxton wrote: > 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? I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I'm not sure. The reason we're changing machines is that we might be changing ISPs and we're renting / leasing the machines from the ISP.