X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5E8A11F6287 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 01:27:45 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 36747-06 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 01:27:43 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr4.postgresql.org (svr4.postgresql.org [66.98.251.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A6C411F6282 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 01:27:43 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.mi8.com (d01gw04.mi8.com [63.240.6.44]) by svr4.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBF205AF886 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 04:27:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 172.16.1.148 by mail.mi8.com with ESMTP (- Welcome to Mi8 Corporation www.Mi8.com (D4)); Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:27:31 -0400 X-Server-Uuid: C8FB4D43-1108-484A-A898-3CBCC7906230 Received: from MI8NYCMAIL06.Mi8.com ([172.16.1.160]) by D01HOST02.Mi8.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:27:31 -0400 Received: from 69.181.100.71 ([69.181.100.71]) by MI8NYCMAIL06.Mi8.com ( [172.16.1.219]) via Exchange Front-End Server mi8owa.mi8.com ( [172.16.1.106]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 04:27:30 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.3.060209 Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:27:27 -0700 Subject: Re: Sun Fire T2000 and PostgreSQL 8.1.3 From: "Luke Lonergan" To: "Leigh Dyer" Cc: "Juan Casero (FL FLC)" , "Josh Berkus" , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [PERFORM] Sun Fire T2000 and PostgreSQL 8.1.3 Thread-Index: AcZZMdhrVVZDDhFOQuKsSabTgXlr4wAAJB8+ In-Reply-To: <443497AB.4000309@eclinic.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Apr 2006 04:27:31.0129 (UTC) FILETIME=[6B5F6A90:01C65932] X-WSS-ID: 682A473920C39865938-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.253 required=5 tests=[RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=1.253] X-Spam-Score: 1.253 X-Spam-Level: * X-Archive-Number: 200604/90 X-Sequence-Number: 18174 Leigh, On 4/5/06 9:23 PM, "Leigh Dyer" 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