Re: [PERFORM] Need help with 8.4 Performance Testing

2008-12-13 Thread Tom Lane
"Scott Marlowe" writes: > Isn't it amazing how many small businesses won't buy from other small > businesses? It's entertaining that Dell is considered one of the "safe choices" in this thread. They were a pretty small business not so long ago (and remain a lot smaller than IBM or HP) ...

Re: [PERFORM] Need help with 8.4 Performance Testing

2008-12-13 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 19:16 -0700, Scott Marlowe wrote: > Isn't it amazing how many small businesses won't buy from other small > businesses? They'd much rather give their money to a company they > don't like because "they'll be around a while" (the big company). > True enough! Joshua D. Drake

Re: [PERFORM] Need help with 8.4 Performance Testing

2008-12-13 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 12:57 -0700, Scott Marlowe wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Joshua D. Drake >> wrote: >> > On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 12:45 -0700, Scott Marlowe wrote: >> >> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Joshua D. Drake >

Re: [PERFORM] Need help with 8.4 Performance Testing

2008-12-13 Thread Angel Alvarez
El Sábado, 13 de Diciembre de 2008 Scott Marlowe escribió: > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Joshua D. Drake > wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 07:44 -0800, da...@lang.hm wrote: > >> On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, Robert Haas wrote: > > > >> > This may be a little off-topic, but I'd be interested in hear

Re: [PERFORM] Need help with 8.4 Performance Testing

2008-12-13 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 12:57 -0700, Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Joshua D. Drake > wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 12:45 -0700, Scott Marlowe wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Joshua D. Drake > >> wrote: > >> > On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 07:44 -0800, da...@lan

Re: [PERFORM] Need help with 8.4 Performance Testing

2008-12-13 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 12:45 -0700, Scott Marlowe wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Joshua D. Drake >> wrote: >> > On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 07:44 -0800, da...@lang.hm wrote: >> >> On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, Robert Haas wrote: > >> > htt

Re: [PERFORM] Need help with 8.4 Performance Testing

2008-12-13 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 12:45 -0700, Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Joshua D. Drake > wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 07:44 -0800, da...@lang.hm wrote: > >> On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, Robert Haas wrote: > > http://h71016.www7.hp.com/ctoBases.asp?oi=E9CED&BEID=19701&SBLID=&Prod

Re: [PERFORM] Need help with 8.4 Performance Testing

2008-12-13 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 07:44 -0800, da...@lang.hm wrote: >> On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, Robert Haas wrote: > >> > This may be a little off-topic, but I'd be interested in hearing more >> > details about how you (or others) would do this... manuf

Re: [PERFORM] Need help with 8.4 Performance Testing

2008-12-13 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 07:44 -0800, da...@lang.hm wrote: > On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, Robert Haas wrote: > > This may be a little off-topic, but I'd be interested in hearing more > > details about how you (or others) would do this... manufacturer, > > model, configuration? How many hard drives do you n

Re: [PERFORM] Need help with 8.4 Performance Testing

2008-12-13 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 6:22 AM, Robert Haas wrote: > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Joshua D. Drake > wrote: >>> Those intel SSDs sound compelling. I've been waiting for SSDs to get >>> competitive price and performance wise for a while, and when the >>> intels came out and I read the first b

Re: [PERFORM] Need help with 8.4 Performance Testing

2008-12-13 Thread david
On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, Robert Haas wrote: On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: Those intel SSDs sound compelling. I've been waiting for SSDs to get competitive price and performance wise for a while, and when the intels came out and I read the first benchmarks I immediately be

Re: [PERFORM] Need help with 8.4 Performance Testing

2008-12-13 Thread Robert Haas
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >> Those intel SSDs sound compelling. I've been waiting for SSDs to get >> competitive price and performance wise for a while, and when the >> intels came out and I read the first benchmarks I immediately began >> scheming. Sadly, that was r