On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Anj Adu <fotographs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thank you all for the comments > > We have not benchmarked the new hardware yet..however..we do have > existing hardware that deals with very high volumes and handle pretty > well (Dell 2950 Intel 5430 8-cores with 6x450G 15K disks and 32G RAM - > Perc 6iRaid controllers) with minimal IO wait . there are ususally > about10-15 threads running at peak time with an average of 4-10 > threads overall. > > We are looking at high density boxes due to increasing storage requirements. I assume the 24 2.5" box is the supermicro 2U machine? Those are quite impressive little chassis's. If you need something bigger, take a look at this: http://www.aberdeeninc.com/abcatg/Stirling-X881.htm You can add up to 8 16 disk JBOD boxes to it if needs be as well. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
