The disks you use also play a big part in the performance you get. If you
are going to have multiple simultaneous connections accessed the server,
I'd go with a good SCSI disk array. Maybe even RAID if it's going to be
under a high load.
At 07:49 PM 1/24/00, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>This depends entirely(?) on what kinds of tables you use, especially their
>size, and what kind of queries you want to do with it. 128MB RAM should be
>fine for average applications, the hard disk size pretty much just limits
>how much data you can store (and sort), and the processor factor is hard
>to gauge. Having two processors might help more than anything else. But in
>general it's for you to find out.
>
>
>On 2000-01-24, J. Roeleveld mentioned:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been checking the archives and documentation for what the
> > system requirements are for a PostgreSQL database....
> >
> > It's to be used for a database with 8 users, and has MS-Access front-end
> > which causes app. 2 connections per user.
> >
> > My idea was:
> >
> > 128Meg Ram
> > 20 Gig HD
> > 500 Mhz. Celeron
> >
> > will this be sufficient, or will it have be something else?
> >
> > Also what is required more, memory or CPU-power?
> >
> > hoping for an answer,
> >
> > Joost Roeleveld
> >
> >
> > ************
> >
> >
>
>--
>Peter Eisentraut Sernanders väg 10:115
>peter_e@gmx.net 75262 Uppsala
>http://yi.org/peter-e/ Sweden
>
>
>
>************
