On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Alexander Farber <alexander.farber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm running a CentOS 5.6 / 64 bit Linux > with PostgreSQL 8.4.8 and Drupal 7.4 > on a 4GB quad-CPU machine. > > In Autumn I can change my hoster > and for EUR 100 can either take > > 1) 2 machines with i7-920 Quad-Core > 8 GB RAM, 2 x 750 GB SATA-II HDD > (Software-RAID 1) > > or > > 2) 1 machine i7-980X Hexa-Core > 24 GB RAM, 1 x 1,5 TB SATA II > > What would you prefer? 2 machines for two reasons. 1: separating out app from db server means it's way easier to figure out which is acting up should you have a performance problem. 2: the dual machines have RAID-1 hard drives, the single machine just has one big 1.5TB drive. No way would I run a production system on a single drive, especially considering how cheap hard drives are nowadays. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
