Willo van der Merwe wrote:
Hi guys, I'm have the rare opportunity to spec the hardware for a new database server. It's going to replace an older one, driving a social networking web application. The current server (a quad opteron with 4Gb of RAM and 80Gb fast SCSI RAID10) is coping with an average load of ranging between 1.5 and 3.5. The new machine spec I have so far:
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