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 CE082537CB for ; Sun, 8 May 2005 23:17:50 -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 51356-05 for ; Mon, 9 May 2005 02:17:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 3times25.net (66-23-211-34.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.34]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6501B52949 for ; Sun, 8 May 2005 23:17:43 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by 3times25.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D3A174404; Sun, 8 May 2005 22:17:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <427EC845.8080608@3times25.net> Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 22:17:41 -0400 From: Geoffrey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050422 Red Hat/1.7.7-1.4.2 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mischa Sandberg Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Whence the Opterons? 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> In-Reply-To: <1115415551.427be3ffe44c8@webmail.telus.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.039 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, FORGED_RCVD_HELO X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200505/93 X-Sequence-Number: 12257 Mischa Sandberg wrote: > After reading the comparisons between Opteron and Xeon processors for Linux, > I'd like to add an Opteron box to our stable of Dells and Sparcs, for comparison. > > IBM, Sun and HP have their fairly pricey Opteron systems. > The IT people are not swell about unsupported purchases off ebay. > Anyone care to suggest any other vendors/distributors? > Looking for names with national support, so that we can recommend as much to our > customers. Monarch Computer http://www.monarchcomputer.com/ They have prebuilt and custom built systems. -- Until later, Geoffrey