Re: most bang for buck with ~ $20,000

["Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>]

> I am considering a setup such as this:
>   - At least dual cpu (possibly with 2 cores each)
>   - 4GB of RAM
>   - 2 disk RAID 1 array for root disk
>   - 4 disk RAID 1+0 array for PGDATA
>   - 2 disk RAID 1 array for pg_xlog
>
> Does anyone know a vendor that might be able provide such setup?

I would look at the HP DL 385 or 585. The 385 is going to max a (2) dual 
core cpus. The 585 is (4) dual core cpus.

For 20k you should be able to go with a bit more then what you have 
above, specifically in the RAM department.

Joshua D. Drake




  Any
> critique in this design? I'm thinking having a 2 channel RAID controller to
> seperate the PGDATA, root and pg_xlog.
>
> Sincerely,
> Kenji
>
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