Re: OT hardware recommend - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Gavin Flower
Subject Re: OT hardware recommend
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Msg-id 1b8eeb17-06dd-2708-2660-123ebd831454@archidevsys.co.nz
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In response to Re: OT hardware recommend  (Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
On 18/06/16 14:23, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Andy Colson <andy@squeakycode.net
> <mailto:andy@squeakycode.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all.
>
>     I have access to quite a few laptop HD's (10 to 15 of them at
>     least), and thought that might make a neat test box that might
>     have some good IO speed.
>
>     Needs to be cheap though, so linux with software raid, rack mount
>     preferred but not required.
>
>     Anyone have any experience with anything like that?  $2K might be
>     possible, painful, but possible.
>
>     Suggestions?
>
>
> Sell them all and buy a couple of 800G SSDs? :)

You can get 4TB SSD's now - but somewhat pricey!!!

(besides, you'd still need backups)



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