Option 2:App Server and Postgres: Dual Xeon 5520 quad core with 12GB ram and 2x 146GB 15k RPM SAS (RAID1) disks
you didnt mention your dataset size, but i the second option would be preferrable in most situations since it gives more of the os memory for disc caching. 12 gb vs 4 gb for the host running pg
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