On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 07:44 -0800, david@xxxxxxx wrote: > On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, Robert Haas wrote: > > This may be a little off-topic, but I'd be interested in hearing more > > details about how you (or others) would do this... manufacturer, > > model, configuration? How many hard drives do you need to get 25 > > spindles? And where can you get that many 15K hard drives for under > > $10K? My lack of experience in this area is showing here, but, > > seriously, any suggestions appreciated. > http://h71016.www7.hp.com/ctoBases.asp?oi=E9CED&BEID=19701&SBLID=&ProductLineId=450&FamilyId=2570&LowBaseId=15222&LowPrice=$1,899.00&familyviewgroup=757&viewtype=Matrix Retail cost, 15k, 36GB drives, ~ 12k. A phone call and threat of buying dell gets its for ~ 10k. Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667-4564 - http://www.commandprompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company, serving since 1997 -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
