Received: from localhost (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2C5B9FBC37 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:36:10 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 24464-03 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:36:02 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.238]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2A639FBC1F for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:36:05 -0300 (ADT) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h29so1635706wxd for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:36:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.56.4 with SMTP id e4mr12311210wxa.1185906963003; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:36:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.45.9 with HTTP; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:36:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:36:02 -0400 From: "Gavin M. Roy" To: josh@agliodbs.com Subject: Re: Location of PostgreSQL Performance Test Lab Cc: "Peter Eisentraut" , pgsql-www@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <200707311134.54085.josh@agliodbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200707310919.10745.josh@agliodbs.com> <200707311022.30818.josh@agliodbs.com> <200707312000.39340.peter_e@gmx.net> <200707311134.54085.josh@agliodbs.com> X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200707/89 X-Sequence-Number: 12236 That could possibly be arranged, let me make some calls... 1/2 cab? On 7/31/07, Josh Berkus wrote: > 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 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq >