On Jan 23, 2008 8:01 AM, mike long <mlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Scott, > > What are your thoughts on using one of those big RAM appliances for > storing a Postgres database? I assume you're talking about solid state drives? They have their uses, but for most use cases, having plenty of RAM in your server will be a better way to spend your money. For certain high throughput, relatively small databases (i.e. transactional work) the SSD can be quite useful. For large reporting databases running into the terabyte range they're prohibitively expensive. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster