X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7785C535B4 for ; Sat, 7 May 2005 11:57:49 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 42064-03 for ; Sat, 7 May 2005 14:57:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.82]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1F5DF535BB for ; Sat, 7 May 2005 11:57:43 -0300 (ADT) Received: from unknown (HELO phlogiston.dydns.org) (a.sullivan@rogers.com@216.75.167.195 with login) by smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 May 2005 14:57:47 -0000 Received: by phlogiston.dydns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BF0543D2F; Sat, 7 May 2005 10:57:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 10:57:46 -0400 From: Andrew Sullivan To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Whence the Opterons? Message-ID: <20050507145746.GB15586@phlogiston.dyndns.org> References: <14695.1115393034@sss.pgh.pa.us> <6CD32D5F-B466-4E6D-9E73-CFB8957B396F@torgo.978.org> <15121.1115395067@sss.pgh.pa.us> <1115415551.427be3ffe44c8@webmail.telus.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1115415551.427be3ffe44c8@webmail.telus.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.044 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, FORGED_RCVD_HELO X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200505/70 X-Sequence-Number: 12234 On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 02:39:11PM -0700, Mischa Sandberg wrote: > IBM, Sun and HP have their fairly pricey Opteron systems. We've had some quite good experiences with the HP boxes. They're not cheap, it's true, but boy are they sweet. A -- Andrew Sullivan | ajs@crankycanuck.ca In the future this spectacle of the middle classes shocking the avant- garde will probably become the textbook definition of Postmodernism. --Brad Holland