Database Server Hardware components (order of importance), CPU speed VS CPU cache vs RAM vs DISK
- by nulltorpedo
I am new to database world and would like to know what are crucial hardware specs when it comes to database performance. I have searched the internet and found this so far (In order of decreasing importance):
1) Hard Disk: Get an SSD basically (much more IOPS than spinners)
2) Memory: Get as much as you can afford
3) CPU: For the same $…