-----Original Message----- From: pgsql-performance-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-performance-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 5:24 PM To: Marti Raudsepp Cc: pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Benjamin Krajmalnik Subject: Re: Hardware recommendations >> > If you are IO-bound, you might want to consider using >> SSD. >> > >> > A single SSD could easily give you more IOPS than 16 >> 15k SAS in RAID 10. >> >> Are there any that don't risk your data on power loss, AND >> are cheaper >> than SAS RAID 10? >> >Vertex 2 Pro has a built-in supercapacitor to save data on power loss. It's spec'd at 50K IOPS and a 200GB one costs around $1,000. Viking offers 6Gbps SAS physical connector SSD drives as well - with a super capacitor. I have not seen any official pricing yet, but I would suspect it would be in the same ballpark. I am currently begging to get some for eval. I will let everyone know if I swing that and can post numbers. -mark -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
