Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ACC664FC42 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:45:51 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 54848-08 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:45:48 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.236]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A93D364FC3C for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:45:47 -0400 (AST) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so2028502rvf.43 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:45:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=cDrjoJ4CYWtGJk8asNqCY4bYHVY+9cVqrjaBnTOu2Rw=; b=bIT5iCSiZ/ZOYCDWXa5vZsrg/FZlZtyd1y8Bk1LKSUFFYiTL0N0TYYEhsA5EvZ/wBF npejuNnP3tqZgLtUEpJ8XMe+4gnCAM6/um06O19KhkInCiHX8JVUmRIthraGs0NAD/vL 78nqRApWJCxDpr+XbfJifpPMNIVFRzDutduwM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=QvgskexSDUvnHPJBbcPk2Nz4fsYwhVNqHMeeGMC7Wl2bOSZ0qvwHmAYz+62NNHqkgg a3iUfL95xcN84pKEQj0aHVA0h3xof8i9CuEl3S3bAP/5jvvya6DX+OcxkBdJljc7j9qJ xCZXWqPhC4cJSP11Tytq1wQIiEiUEurXmFZoY= Received: by 10.114.74.18 with SMTP id w18mr3710067waa.40.1229197546535; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:45:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.115.95.9 with HTTP; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:45:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:45:46 -0700 From: "Scott Marlowe" To: jd@commandprompt.com Subject: Re: Need help with 8.4 Performance Testing Cc: david@lang.hm, "Robert Haas" , "Scott Carey" , "Jean-David Beyer" , "pgsql-performance@postgresql.org" In-Reply-To: <1229193463.7198.224.camel@jd-laptop.pragmaticzealot.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1228846285.13962.42.camel@jd-laptop.pragmaticzealot.org> <603c8f070812130522l7ccfe9ccx6118c4171f4187d5@mail.gmail.com> <1229193463.7198.224.camel@jd-laptop.pragmaticzealot.org> X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200812/146 X-Sequence-Number: 32182 On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 07:44 -0800, david@lang.hm wrote: >> On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, Robert Haas wrote: > >> > This may be a little off-topic, but I'd be interested in hearing more >> > details about how you (or others) would do this... manufacturer, >> > model, configuration? How many hard drives do you need to get 25 >> > spindles? And where can you get that many 15K hard drives for under >> > $10K? My lack of experience in this area is showing here, but, >> > seriously, any suggestions appreciated. >> > > http://h71016.www7.hp.com/ctoBases.asp?oi=E9CED&BEID=19701&SBLID=&ProductLineId=450&FamilyId=2570&LowBaseId=15222&LowPrice=$1,899.00&familyviewgroup=757&viewtype=Matrix > > Retail cost, 15k, 36GB drives, ~ 12k. A phone call and threat of buying > dell gets its for ~ 10k. I prefer to deal with companies that I don't have to horse trade with to get a good deal. You can threaten dell and get good deals, but if you're not watching, and let your boss handle an order suddenly you've got an $800 Perc 5e on your hands.