Re: 1 TB of memory

The US Dept of Homeland Security has at least two =10=TB SSDs.
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Rumor is they are being used for Carnivore or an offshoot/descendent of Carnivore.
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Good luck getting them to give you benchmark data.

You need >deep< pockets to afford >= 1TB of SSD.
(...and as the example shows, perhaps more money than sense.)
Ron

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com>
>Sent: Mar 16, 2006 1:33 PM
>To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
>Subject: [PERFORM] 1 TB of memory
>
>PostgreSQL tuned to the max and still too slow? Database too big to
>fit into memory? Here's the solution! http://www.superssd.com/
>products/tera-ramsan/
>
>Anyone purchasing one will be expected to post benchmarks! :)
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