Re: Hardware spec

[Willo van der Merwe <willo(at)mirasol(dot)co(dot)za>]

Richard Huxton wrote:
> Willo van der Merwe wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I'm have the rare opportunity to spec the hardware for a new database
> > server. It's going to replace an older one, driving a social networking
> > web application. The current server (a quad opteron with 4Gb of RAM and
> > 80Gb fast SCSI RAID10) is coping with an average load of ranging between
> > 1.5 and 3.5.
> >
> > The new machine spec I have so far:
> What's the limiting factor on your current machine - disk, memory, cpup?
I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I'm not sure. The reason we're 
changing machines is that we might be changing ISPs and we're renting / 
leasing the machines from the ISP.