Have you already considered application/database tuning? Adding indexes? shared_buffers large enough? etc.
Your database doesn't seem that large for the hardware you've already got. I'd hate to spend $7k and end up back in the same boat. :) On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 13:04 +0000, Steve Poe wrote: > >Steve, can we clarify that you are not currently having any performance > >issues, you're just worried about failure? Recommendations should be based > >on whether improving applicaiton speed is a requirement ... > > Josh, > > The priorities are: 1)improve safety/failure-prevention, 2) improve > performance. > > The owner of the company wants greater performance (and, I concure to > certain degree), but the owner's vote is only 1/7 of the managment team. > And, the rest of the management team is not as focused on performance. > They all agree in safety/failure-prevention. > > Steve > > > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
