Vivek Khera wrote: > > On Oct 23, 2006, at 4:59 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >>> If I had $50k budget, I'd be buying the SunFire X4500 and running >>> Solaris + ZFS on it. However, you're limited to 2 dual core Opterons, >>> it seems. >> >> The HP 585 will give you quad dual core :) > > but can you sling the bits to and from the disk as fast as the X4500? > the speed numbers on the i/o of the x4500 are mind-numbing. Honestly, I don't know. I can tell you that they perform VERY well for us (as do the 385s). I have deployed about several 385s and 585s with the MSA30s over the last 6 months and have not been disappointed yet. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate