X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC6229F9CEE for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 23:38:45 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 52415-06 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 23:38:40 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 373459FA29C for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 23:38:38 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4I2cSB8007184; Wed, 17 May 2006 22:38:28 -0400 (EDT) To: josh@agliodbs.com cc: Simon Riggs , PostgreSQL www Subject: Re: Sun Server Location In-reply-to: <200605171419.09369.josh@agliodbs.com> References: <200605151542.40156.josh@agliodbs.com> <1147889813.2646.350.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200605171419.09369.josh@agliodbs.com> Comments: In-reply-to Josh Berkus message dated "Wed, 17 May 2006 14:19:09 -0700" Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 22:38:28 -0400 Message-ID: <7183.1147919908@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/113 X-Sequence-Number: 10076 Josh Berkus writes: >> Does it come with a StorEdge array also? The specs say it only supports >> 4 drives internally. What disks are we talking? > Four. There's some limit on the donation, and since Sun doesn't > manufacture their own disks, the machines are disk-light. That's too bad. With such a serious server, it would be nice to have some serious disk too, so that community members could experiment with enterprise-level performance scenarios. Is there any chance of scaring up some real disk storage from another interested company? I understand the point that Sun isn't in a position to contribute major disk hardware, but maybe someone else is? regards, tom lane