No it wouldn't be much kit for $20k
but that example is currently coming in at $9k ... (the $20k referred to
is last years topic).
I think I can spend up to $15k but it would have to be clearly
faster/better/more expandable than this config.
Or I can spend $9k with someone else if I can convince myself it is just
a better option.
The sense that there might be better options out there, I've no doubt in..
it is why I posted hoping for some solid leads on what & why.
Scott Marlowe wrote:
On 8/8/07, justin <justin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I saw an interesting topic in the archives on best bang for the buck for
$20k.. about a year old now.
So whats the thoughts on a current combined rack/disks/cpu combo around
the $10k-$15k point, currently?
I can configure up a Dell poweredge 2900 for $9k, but am wondering if
I'm missing out on something better.
( 9k spent with mr dell that gets you 2x quad core xeon X535s, so thats
8 cores total, with 24gb of memory
and 8x 146gb 15k serial attached scsi connected, raid10, attached to a
perc 5/i with redundant power supplies,
all in what looks like a 3u chassis). But the system is pretty maxxed
out like that, no room for future expansion.
better options? or a better balance for a pure db box that is mostly
smaller reads and large indexes?
That's not much kit for $20k.
I went to www.aberdeeninc.com and speced out a box with 24 750G
barracudas, battery backed cache RAID and dual Quad core 2.66GHz
xeons, and 16 Gigs of ram for $15k. Another 16gigs of ram would
probably put it around 18k or so, but they didn't have the config
option enabled there.
I consider Dells to be mediocre hardware with mediocre support.
There are lots of medium sized integration shops out there that make
better servers with lots more storage for a lot less.
---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
