Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4DDB2E0030 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:58:55 -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 41549-04 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:58:51 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from mail172.messagelabs.com (mail172.messagelabs.com [216.82.254.3]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 687082E317C for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:58:54 -0300 (ADT) X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: pcohen@wimba.com X-Msg-Ref: server-12.tower-172.messagelabs.com!1205348332!7478537!1 X-StarScan-Version: 5.5.12.14.2; banners=-,-,- X-Originating-IP: [66.7.59.5] Received: (qmail 19078 invoked from network); 12 Mar 2008 18:58:52 -0000 Received: from x42073b05.ip.e-nt.net (HELO m2.horizonwimba.net) (66.7.59.5) by server-12.tower-172.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 12 Mar 2008 18:58:52 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by m2.horizonwimba.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3A49B70003 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:58:51 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at Received: from m2.horizonwimba.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (m2.horizonwimba.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 69AbJvY01tRM for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:58:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.23.3.16] (dyn16.horizonlive.com [10.23.3.16]) by m2.horizonwimba.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAF5CB70002 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:58:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <47D827EB.3020105@wimba.com> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:58:51 +0100 From: Pascal Cohen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080226) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-performance Subject: Hardware question for a DB server 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: 200803/257 X-Sequence-Number: 29211 Hello, we plan to buy a dedicated server to host our database. Here is the proposal I was given (with a second identical server fro backup using log shipping): ========================= IBM X3650 (This is a 2U server, can hold 8 Drives) 2 x QC Xeon E5450 (3.0GHz 12MB L2 1333MHz 80W) 8 x 2GB RAM (16GB total) 2.5" SAS Hotswap ServeRAID-8K SAS Controller 8 x 73GB 15K 2.5" SAS Drive CD/DVD Drive Remote Supervisor Adapter II Slimline Redundant Power 4 Year, 24x7 2hour support/warranty ========================= I would like specialists advices. If you need additional details, please let me know. Thanks in advance for your help Thank you Pascal