s64, linux64(opteron or nocona)    
cpu: 2+     (2 sets of disk arrays per cpu)   
ram: 16GB+  (8GB+ per cpu)                    
dsk: 2TB+   (U320SCSI 10000rpm+ drives)       
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<p>The kdb+ storage factor is about 1. Get 2 times as much disk for raid5, staging and scratch space, e.g.(2004):</p>

<xmp>HP DL585/AMD/2CPU/16GBRAM/64bitLinux                                                      
($20K)2*MSA500 G2 arrays with (7+7)*146GB 10k RPM drives(3.5TB useable) in 2 raid5 arrays.
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