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From: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
To: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Cc: Josh Berkus <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Location of PostgreSQL Performance Test Lab
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:54:32 -0700
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 31. Juli 2007 18:43 schrieb Josh Berkus:
>> Peter,
>>
>>>> In addition to the machine Gavin Roy is loaning, I'm putting together
>>>> an online performance test lab for the commmunity using donated
>>>> equipment. Fairly soon, however, I have to decide where it will be
>>>> hosted.
>>> Why is it important that all the machines be hosted at one site?
>> Administration
> 
> Why does administration require that all the machines be hosted at one site?  
> Most administration is by remote login, and for the physical maintenance you 
> could have someone on site do it.
> 
>> and the ability to to do multi-machine configurations.
> 
> Well, that is interesting, but not a requirement.  If the machines are not at 
> the same site, just don't use them for multi-machine configurations; just 
> pick different ones.  (Hey, maybe someone wants to test WAN configurations.)
> 
>> Also the ability to swap storage to newer machines.
> 
> I don't know what you mean by this.

Often IO has not improved, while the cage has (more ram, more 
processors, better cache etc)... So we can move the 22 spindle array to 
a new machine easily.

Joshua D. Drake




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