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 AFF745346B for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 19:09:26 -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 90631-10 for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 22:09:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.196]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8BDF53492 for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 19:09:16 -0300 (ADT) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id a41so563599rng for ; Fri, 06 May 2005 15:09:19 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Q0eQyehdk+o/7yW37aIfeEUBS3x/5PBVwK6u0cracHEpO7K0wfuzhkHI/tZcXVl+cQCIPcuRDF96f9TtMpPB+AgdZ47bhwdYwX+vqv7V+Inj2Nka0y8IfQzQRFM3Ap0ZRdgXxGnv3Kqu4a18gcImhCaWeePst+zxdEPQVf5oXtk= Received: by 10.38.10.3 with SMTP id 3mr268529rnj; Fri, 06 May 2005 15:09:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.86.21 with HTTP; Fri, 6 May 2005 15:09:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 18:09:19 -0400 From: Ian Meyer Reply-To: Ian Meyer To: Mischa Sandberg Subject: Re: Whence the Opterons? Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <1115415551.427be3ffe44c8@webmail.telus.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Archive-Number: 200505/66 X-Sequence-Number: 12230 Mischa, What kind of budget are you on? penguincomputing.com deals with Opteron servers. I looked at a couple of their servers before deciding on a HP DL145. Ian On 5/6/05, Mischa Sandberg wrote: > After reading the comparisons between Opteron and Xeon processors for Lin= ux, > I'd like to add an Opteron box to our stable of Dells and Sparcs, for com= parison. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Many thanks in advance. > -- > "Dreams come true, not free." -- S.Sondheim >=20 > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if you= r > joining column's datatypes do not match >