On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Alexander Farber
<alexander.farber@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm running a CentOS 5.6 / 64 bit Linux
> with PostgreSQL 8.4.8 and Drupal 7.4
> on a 4GB quad-CPU machine.
>
> In Autumn I can change my hoster
> and for EUR 100 can either take
>
> 1) 2 machines with i7-920 Quad-Core
> 8 GB RAM, 2 x 750 GB SATA-II HDD
> (Software-RAID 1)
>
> or
>
> 2) 1 machine i7-980X Hexa-Core
> 24 GB RAM, 1 x 1,5 TB SATA II
>
> What would you prefer?
2 machines for two reasons. 1: separating out app from db server
means it's way easier to figure out which is acting up should you have
a performance problem. 2: the dual machines have RAID-1 hard drives,
the single machine just has one big 1.5TB drive. No way would I run a
production system on a single drive, especially considering how cheap
hard drives are nowadays.