Regarding the DL585 etc boxes from HP, they seem to require external JBOD or SCSI/SAS enclosures. Does anyone have any particular preference on how these units should be configured or speced? I'm guessing I'll use the onboard SCSI RAID 1 with the onboard drives for the OS, but will need 2 external channels for the data and xlog. Any recommendations there? Sincerely, Kenji On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 04:20:19PM +0000, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx / 2006-08-08 14:49:21 -0700: > > >I am considering a setup such as this: > > > - At least dual cpu (possibly with 2 cores each) > > > - 4GB of RAM > > > - 2 disk RAID 1 array for root disk > > > - 4 disk RAID 1+0 array for PGDATA > > > - 2 disk RAID 1 array for pg_xlog > > > > > >Does anyone know a vendor that might be able provide such setup? > > > > I would look at the HP DL 385 or 585. The 385 is going to max a (2) dual > > core cpus. The 585 is (4) dual core cpus. > > I don't know about DL385 or DL585, but DL380 seem to go south within > 1 year of heavy hitting; precisely the Smart Array RAID controllers > (4 out of 6 disks suddenly "red"; insert new disks, ooops red as > well). > > I've seen this happen several times, and came away with a conclusion > that DL380 is sexy, but you don't want to marry it. Then again, > maybe the DL385 is different, though I seem to remember that both > G3 (Smart Array 5i) and G4 (6i) did this. > > -- > How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? > You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. > Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991
