X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07F4F5287A for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 05:32:07 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 96096-05 for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:32:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.201]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4EF65286D for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 05:32:04 -0300 (ADT) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 50so1973946wri for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 01:32:07 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=aIuSpZVogmAtzqZadYkl9SSaMX3lDcQbcFah+r8XIGLn0miiITnzwc/kWsbifk+/FwVxzLx/y1s7ZjYwel93CWzNWtc9R5r/FjEvoJZAQ+5T/RvyLK/9vQauqyKKf7H04KUj4ceC6DBcKXwnb9jOA3WopkVuu+KqFTLq99pFFNg= Received: by 10.54.35.71 with SMTP id i71mr3055344wri; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 01:32:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.13.24 with HTTP; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 01:32:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <9e4684ce050614013232f9dbbd@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:32:06 +0200 From: hubert depesz lubaczewski Reply-To: hubert depesz lubaczewski To: Saranya Sivakumar Subject: Re: System Requirement Cc: pgsqlperform In-Reply-To: <20050613195638.24497.qmail@web51306.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20050613195638.24497.qmail@web51306.mail.yahoo.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.078 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, RCVD_BY_IP X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200506/322 X-Sequence-Number: 12959 On 6/13/05, Saranya Sivakumar wrote: > 2 x 2.4 Ghz Intel Xeon CPU with HT(4 virtual CPUs)=20 switch to amd opteron (dual cpu). for the same price you get 2x performance - comparing to xeon boxes. > RAM - 1GB=20 you'd definitelly could use more ram. the more the better. > HDD - 34GB SCSI=20 is it one drive of 34G? if yes, buy another one and setup raid1 over them. should boost performance as well. > Production DB size: 10.89 GB=20 not much. you could even consider buing 12 or 16g of ram to make it fit in memory. depesz