From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Reply-To: josh@agliodbs.com
Organization: Aglio Database Solutions
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: Location of PostgreSQL Performance Test Lab
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:34:52 -0700
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Peter,

> A requirement to have 4 machines at one site to perform a particular
> test is not a logical reason to reject the possibility of having, say,
> 20 machines at 5 sites to perform all kinds of tests, when the
> alternative is to have no machines at no sites.

Ah, I see the misunderstanding.  Would that we were talking about 20 
machines.  Right now I'm twisting arms to get 5 servers and 4 JBODs, which 
we need in the same location to make use of them.  So we need these 
initial machines in one place, as much as possible, to make use of them.

> If you can find someone to host everything, great, but you have in fact
> already rejected two machines because they are not at the right
> location, when I can see great use for those machines no matter where
> they are.

The peformance testing we can do without storage (drives) is very limited.  
Currently, the only storage I have is located in the US.  In my 
experience, storage is the hardest thing to get donated so I don't really 
expect to find some in Europe soon.

Gavin's machine is the exception becuase it comes with a 28-disk array.  
Still, we could do even more with it if we had another machine or two in 
that location.

-- 
--Josh

Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco