Re: Hardware spec

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Willo van der Merwe wrote:
> Richard Huxton wrote:
>> 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:
>> What's the limiting factor on your current machine - disk, memory,
>> cpup?
> I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I'm not sure. The reason we're 
> changing machines is that we might be changing ISPs and we're renting / 
> leasing the machines from the ISP.
> 
Before you get rid of the current ISP, better examine what is going on with
the present setup. It would be good to know if you are memory, processor, or
IO limited. That way you could increase what needs to be increased, and not
waste money where the bottleneck is not.

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