John Madden wrote:
I have to convince him, first, that going with a Linux install will be better. I know Linux a little better than I do Windows XP, All the software for Linux is free. But then again, I can't spend too much time getting everything on the Linux box working right. I know that can be also said for Windows as well. I agree, though, more RAM is better, the last machine he got from Dell only has 128MB of RAM. I was actually surprised that he was okay with getting a second box to be 'server'. But I had spent 2 hours yesterday tying up the fast machine, so I think he understood where I was coming from when I said that a second machine just for me to develop on would, in the long run be better.Well he did say that Sam's Club would be an option. It's a small
office, and maybe 2 people would be hitting the database but not at a
very constant rate, so he doesn't need a 2.4Ghz machine with a Gig of
RAM, although he said he wanetd something fast. I was at Qli Computers
site last night and I configured a machine for just under $1000 that
would be more than enough for what he wants. I have never dealt with
them though.
Yeah, jeez, you'd hardly need anything hardware-wise, unless we're talking about a large amount of data in that DB. With Linux/Postgres, you could get away with a very low-end machine, nothing more than an althon ~750, 128-256MB RAM. Bigger database means more RAM, more connections means more CPU -- so if anything, in your situation, bump up the RAM and save money on the CPU. I'd also buy two disks instead of one and mirror them.
John
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