On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Phillip Berry <pberry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > We're in the market for a new DB server to replace our current one (yes it's one of *those* > questions) ;). > > It'll have quad core Xeons, 36GB RAM and some sort of Raid 10 configuration. > > Our provider is pushing us towards 6 x SATA II disks in a Raid 10 configuration or 4 x SAS disks in > Raid 10 (budget constraints). Are those your only two options? No 6 SAS drives? Are you looking at 7200rpm or 10krpm SATA? 15krpm or 10krpm SAS? What RAID controller? Battery backed Cache? Software RAID? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
