2009/11/13 Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakan...@enterprisedb.com>: > Laszlo Nagy wrote: >> * I need at least 32GB disk space. So DRAM based SSD is not a real >> option. I would have to buy 8x4GB memory, costs a fortune. And >> then it would still not have redundancy. > > At 32GB database size, I'd seriously consider just buying a server with > a regular hard drive or a small RAID array for redundancy, and stuffing > 16 or 32 GB of RAM into it to ensure everything is cached. That's tried > and tested technology.
lots of ram doesn't help you if: *) your database gets written to a lot and you have high performance requirements *) your data is important (if either of the above is not true or even partially true, than your advice is spot on) merlin -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
