OT Re: [PERFORM] Hardware/OS recommendations for large databases (

2005-11-16 Thread Douglas J. Trainor
AMD added quad-core processors to their public roadmap for 2007. Beyond 2007, the quad-cores will scale up to 32 sockets (using Direct Connect Architecture 2.0) Expect Intel to follow. douglas On Nov 16, 2005, at 9:38 AM, Steve Wampler wrote: [...] Got it - the cpu is only

Re: [PERFORM] Is There Any Way ....

2005-10-05 Thread Douglas J. Trainor
A blast from the past is forwarded below. douglas Begin forwarded message: From: Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: August 23, 2005 3:23:43 PM EDT To: Donald Courtney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org, Frank Wiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, gokulnathbabu manoharan <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [PERFORM] Is There Any Way ....

2005-10-05 Thread Douglas J. Trainor
Hey, you can say what you want about my style, but you still haven't pointed to even one article from the vast literature that you claim supports your argument. And I did include a smiley. Your original email that PostgreSQL is wrong and that you are right led me to believe that you, like other

Re: [PERFORM] Is There Any Way ....

2005-10-04 Thread Douglas J. Trainor
Ron Peacetree sounds like someone talking out of his _AZZ_. He can save his unreferenced flapdoodle for his SQL Server clients. Maybe he will post references so that we may all learn at the feet of Master Peacetree. :-) douglas On Oct 4, 2005, at 7:33 PM, Ron Peacetree wrote: pg is _ver

Re: [PERFORM] How to improve db performance with $7K?

2005-04-07 Thread Douglas J. Trainor
A good one page discussion on the future of SCSI and SATA can be found in the latest CHIPS (The Department of the Navy Information Technology Magazine, formerly CHIPS AHOY) in an article by Patrick G. Koehler and Lt. Cmdr. Stan Bush. Click below if you don't mind being logged visiting Space and Na

Re: [PERFORM] How to improve db performance with $7K?

2005-04-06 Thread Douglas J. Trainor
You asked for it! ;-) If you want cheap, get SATA. If you want fast under *load* conditions, get SCSI. Everything else at this time is marketing hype, either intentional or learned. Ignoring dollars, expect to see SCSI beat SATA by 40%. * * * What I tell you three times is true * * * Also, c