David Kerr <dmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 04:43:29PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > - How much more "real" is the target hardware than what you have? > - You appear to need about a factor of 10 better disk throughput than > - you have, and that's not going to be too cheap. > The hardware i'm using is a 5 or 6 year old POS IBM Blade. we haven't > specced the new hardware yet but I would say that it will be sigificantly > better. The point I was trying to make is that it's the disk subsystem, not the CPU, that is going to make or break you. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
