If you still want to follow your path, there is a new post today on
StorageMojo - http://storagemojo.com/?p=352
Note that they have an excellent resource with price lists. It might
be very useful if you know what you are looking for.
On 1/21/07, Alex Gorbachev <gorbyx_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I would say it's wrong way to ask questions but common in the IT
> industry these days (and probably not only IT). The right way would be
> something like:
>
> We have this kind of applications doing this kind of activity. It will
> require so many random IOs and so much IO bandwidth. The backups will
> be such and such. Availability requirements are those. And etc...
> Q: What's the cheapest piece of hardware I can buy to suit those
> needs? (and don't forget recurring costs)
>
> If it's more than 10K - you either have to kill the project or
> reconsider budgeting. One may argue that it's not a real life decision
> but let's face it - you would have to make one of those decisions
> later anyway when 10K "lost" already. Unless, of course, you are luck
> and it fits.
>
> On 1/19/07, Ethan Post <post.ethan_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > What would you buy? Is this even possible?
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Best regards,
Alex Gorbachev
The Pythian Group
Sr. Oracle DBA
http://www.pythian.com/blogs/author/alex/
http://blog.oracloid.com
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