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>>         I'm looking for a database+hardware solution which should be  
>> able to handle up to 500 requests per second.

	What proportion of reads and writes in those 500 tps ?
	(If you have 450 selects and 50 inserts/update transactions, your  
hardware requirements will be different than those for the reverse  
proportion)

	What is the estimated size of your data and hot working set ?