[PERFORM] ok you all win what is best opteron (I dont want a hosed system again)

[Joel Fradkin]

We are up and somewhat happy.   I have been following threads (in case you don’t know I bought a 4 proc Dell recently) and the Opteron seems the way to go. I just called HP for a quote, but don’t want to make any mistakes.   Is the battery backed cache good or bad for Postgres?   They are telling me I can only get a duel channel card if I want hardware raid 10 on the 14 drives. I can get two cards but it has to be 7 and 7 (software raid?) which does not sound like it fixes my single point of failure (one of the listers mentioned my current system has 3 such single points).   Any of you hardware gurus spell out the optimal machine (I am hoping to be around 15K, might be able to go more if it’s a huge difference, I spent 30k on the Dell). I do not have to go HP, and after seeing the fail ratio from Monarch from one lister I am bit scared shopping there. Was there a conclusion on where is best to get one (I really want two one for development too).     Joel Fradkin   Wazagua, Inc. 2520 Trailmate Dr Sarasota, Florida 34243 Tel.  941-753-7111 ext 305   [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.wazagua.com Powered by Wazagua Providing you with the latest Web-based technology & advanced tools. © 2004. WAZAGUA, Inc. All rights reserved. WAZAGUA, Inc  This email message is for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information.  Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited.  If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and delete and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments.