On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 23:59, Ron Johnson wrote: > What a fun exercises. Ok, lets see: > Postgres 7.3.4 > RH AS 2.1 > 12GB RAM > motherboard with 64 bit 66MHz PCI slots > 4 - Xenon 3.0GHz (1MB cache) CPUs > 8 - 36GB 15K RPM as RAID10 on a 64 bit 66MHz U320 controller > having 512MB cache (for database) > 2 - 36GB 15K RPM as RAID1 on a 64 bit 66MHz U320 controller > having 512MB cache (for OS, swap, WAL files) > 1 - library tape drive plugged into the OS' SCSI controller. I > prefer DLT, but that's my DEC bias. > 1 - 1000 volt UPS.
Be careful here, we've seen that with the P4 Xeon's that are hyper-threaded and a system that has very high disk I/O causes the system to be sluggish and slow. But after disabling the hyper-threading itself, our system flew.. -- Chris Bowlby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hub.Org Networking Services ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings