On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. I prefer to deal with companies that I don't have to horse trade with to get a good deal. You can threaten dell and get good deals, but if you're not watching, and let your boss handle an order suddenly you've got an $800 Perc 5e on your hands. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
