Re: Opteron vs Xeon (Was: What to do with 6 disks?) - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Greg Stark
Subject Re: Opteron vs Xeon (Was: What to do with 6 disks?)
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Msg-id 874qe1e5n6.fsf@stark.xeocode.com
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In response to Re: Opteron vs Xeon (Was: What to do with 6 disks?)  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:

> Last I checked, the v40z only takes 5 drives, unless you yank the cd-rom and
> get an extra disk tray.   That's the main defect of the model, the second
> being its truly phenominal noise level.   Other than that (and price) and
> excellent Opteron machine.

Incidentally, Sun sells a bunch of v20z and v40z machines on Ebay as some kind
of marketing strategy. You can pick one up for only a slightly absurd price if
you're happy with the configurations listed there. (And if you're in the US).

--
greg

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