From: Luke Lonergan <llonergan@greenplum.com>
To: Leigh Dyer <leigh@eclinic.com.au>
Cc: Juan Casero (FL FLC) <Juan.Casero@wholefoods.com>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Sun Fire T2000 and PostgreSQL 8.1.3
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:27:27 -0700
Message-ID: <C059E6BF.20F70%llonergan@greenplum.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <443497AB.4000309@eclinic.com.au>
Leigh,
On 4/5/06 9:23 PM, "Leigh Dyer" <leigh@eclinic.com.au> wrote:
> We've got a Sun Fire V40z and it's quite a nice machine -- 6x 15krpm
> drives, 4GB RAM, and a pair of Opteron 850s. This gives us more than
> enough power now for what we need, but it's nice to know that we can
> shoehorn a lot more RAM, and up it to eight CPU cores if needed.
We have one of these too - ours is signed by Scott McNealy.
> The newer Sun Opteron systems look nice too, but unless you're using
> external storage, their little 2.5" hard drives may not be ideal.
Yes - but they end-of-lifed the V20z and V40z!
One big problem with the sun line in general is the tiny internal storage
capacity - already too small on the V40z at 5/6 drives, now ridiculous at 4
SAS drives on the galaxy series.
- Luke
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