Re: [PERFORM] [pgsql-jobs] Looking for database hosting

2007-08-19 Thread Andrew Hammond
RT hosting, we've done a bit of it on GPDB systems, but we're not making it > a focus area. Instead, we do subscription pricing by the amount of data > used and recommend / help get systems set up. > > - Luke > > Msg is shrt cuz m on ma treo > > > -O

Re: [PERFORM] [pgsql-jobs] Looking for database hosting

2007-08-19 Thread Andrew Hammond
Nik, you may be underestimating just how much performance can be obtained from a single database server. For example, an IBM p595 server connected to an array of ds8300 storage devices could reasonably be expected to provide several orders of magnitude more performance when compared to commodity ha

[PERFORM] FiberChannel cards for FreeBSD on AMD64

2007-01-15 Thread Andrew Hammond
Does anyone here have positive experiences to relate running fiberchannel cards on FreeBSD on AMD64? The last time I tried it was with FreeBSD 4 about 2 years ago and none of the cards I tried could cross the 32bit memory barrier (since they were all actually 32bit cards despite plugging into a 64b

Re: [PERFORM] Partitioned tables in queries

2006-07-25 Thread Andrew Hammond
> 2. I found that using the now() function - and arbitrary interval will > produce a different execution plan that using a specific date. For example: > assuming the current time is 16:00: > a) where start_date > now() - interval '4 hours' scans all child tables. > b) where start_date >

Re: [PERFORM] Large Database Performance suggestions

2004-11-15 Thread Andrew Hammond
. - -- Andrew Hammond416-673-4138[EMAIL PROTECTED] Database Administrator, Afilias Canada Corp. CB83 2838 4B67 D40F D086 3568 81FC E7E5 27AF 4A9A -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBmMnSgfzn5SevSpoRAlp2AKCVXQkZLR7TuGId/OLveHPqpzC4zwCffNFC

Re: [PERFORM] SAN performance

2004-09-26 Thread Andrew Hammond
I'm about to do a whole bunch of testing here on various DA element sizes, and datablock sizes and how the affect pg performance. It doesn't appear possible to get > 4kb filesystem blocks under linux due to the limitation of the pagesize. We're running AMD64 for these tests, but the DA configur

Re: [PERFORM] NAS, SAN or any alternate solution ?

2004-09-22 Thread Andrew Hammond
ablocks line up with the filesystem blocks. Any suggestions on this would be greatly appreciated. - -- Andrew Hammond416-673-4138[EMAIL PROTECTED] Database Administrator, Afilias Canada Corp. CB83 2838 4B67 D40F D086 3568 81FC E7E5 27AF 4A9A -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE---

Re: [PERFORM] postgresql and openmosix migration

2004-06-23 Thread Andrew Hammond
>4 GB memory. There are dozens of options for the disk array. For the processing platform, I'd recommend looking at Opteron. I've heard only good things and their price is much more reasonable than the other options. - -- Andrew Hammond416-673-4138[EMAIL PROTECTED] Database Admi

Re: [PERFORM] Postgres over Linux NBD or NFS

2004-06-22 Thread Andrew Hammond
mount it on server B and start postgres instance on server B. It gives me some fail-over capability as well as scalability and a lot of flexibility in balancing load over multiple servers. Avoid: paying for brutally expensive FC gear. - -- Andrew Hammond416-673-4138[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [PERFORM] Pl/Pgsql Functions running simultaneously

2004-06-21 Thread Andrew Hammond
responding. You seem like an intelligent guy and you asked an interesting question, but... | cold feet presents emma | | email marketing for discriminating | ^^^ | organizations everywhere | | visit www.myemma.com - -- Andrew Hammond416-673-4138[EMAIL PROTECTED] Database

[PERFORM] Postgres over Linux NBD or NFS

2004-06-21 Thread Andrew Hammond
(Network Block Device). Has anyone had any experience with running postgres over either of these technologies? What issues do we need to know about / pay attention to? - -- Andrew Hammond416-673-4138[EMAIL PROTECTED] Database Administrator, Afilias Canada Corp. CB83 2838 4B67 D40F D086 3568

Re: [PERFORM] Hardware opinions wanted

2004-06-02 Thread Andrew Hammond
panies that I'm aware of offer quad Opteron solutions with SATA raid: http://www.quatopteron.com/ http://alltec.com/home.php Andrew Hammond DBA - Afilias -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http:/