At our institute we are currently establishing a small GIS working group. The data storage for vector data should be the central PostGIS system. Raster data will be held in file system. Mostly the users are accessing the data base in read only mode. From the client side there is not much write access this only will be done by the admin of the system to load new datasets. A prototype is currently running on an old desktop pc with ubuntu dapper - not very powerfull, of course! We have about 10000 € to spend for a new server including the storage. Do you have any recommendations for us?
When it comes to server-hardware I'd go for intel's dual-core (woodcrest) or quad-core. They seem to perform better atm. compared to opterons. -- regards Claus When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shakespeare
