Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 784FF9FCB04 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:24:55 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 89737-07-2 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:24:18 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from pd4mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE6AE9FCD46 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:04:35 -0300 (ADT) Received: from pd4mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr2so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.213]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JQS004I6NUZ5M90@l-daemon> for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:04:11 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml2so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.146]) by pd4mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JQS00B8SNUZ3V00@pd4mr2so.prod.shaw.ca> for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:04:11 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.0.102] ([24.68.192.206]) by l-daemon (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JQS00MNZNURW7K0@l-daemon> for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:04:05 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:01:34 -0800 From: Ron St-Pierre Subject: Re: hardware and For PostgreSQL In-reply-to: <4728CF7B.7040306@gmail.com> To: Joe Uhl Cc: Ketema Harris , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Message-id: <4728FB3E.3070709@shaw.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <7EB0D6C0-48E2-4155-8559-9113D3BD2785@ketema.net> <4728CF7B.7040306@gmail.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200710/388 X-Sequence-Number: 27410 Joe Uhl wrote: > I realize there are people who discourage looking at Dell, but i've been > very happy with a larger ball of equipment we ordered recently from > them. Our database servers consist of a PowerEdge 2950 connected to a > PowerVault MD1000 with a 1 meter SAS cable. > > We have a similar piece of equipment from Dell (the PowerEdge), and when we had a problem with it we received excellent service from them. When our raid controller went down (machine < 1 year old), Dell helped to diagnose the problem and installed a new one at our hosting facility, all within 24 hours. fyi Ron