X-Original-To: pgsql-general-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22C0C9DC9CC for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:14:07 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 40196-10 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:14:09 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from noel.decibel.org (noel.decibel.org [67.100.216.10]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 032DA9DC863 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:14:04 -0400 (AST) Received: by noel.decibel.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0DC1B56423; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 06:14:08 -0600 (CST) Received: (hashcash-sendmail, from uid 1001); Mon, 27 Mar 2006 06:14:07 -0600 Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 06:14:07 -0600 From: "Jim C. Nasby" To: Tomaz Borstnar Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: experiences needed - how does Itanium2/1.5GHz(4MB) compare to AMD and Intel CPUs as far as Postgresql is concerned Message-ID: <20060327121407.GZ80726@pervasive.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE-p4 amd64 X-Distributed: Join the Effort! http://www.distributed.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Hashcash: 1:20:060327:pgsql-general@postgresql.org::UowIEdLrVYcS3sW2:000000000 0000000000000000000000000zTb X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.109 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.109] X-Spam-Score: 0.109 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200603/1258 X-Sequence-Number: 93123 On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 08:11:22PM +0100, Tomaz Borstnar wrote: > Hello! > > First tried some searching around, but did not find anything useful > so I gave up and decided to ask here... I am wondering how do pair of > 1.5GHz Itanium2(4MB cache) stack up against pair of AMD or Intel server > CPUs as far as postgresql performance is concerned? Is it worthy or not? -performance would be a better place to ask, so I'm moving this there. The general consensus is that your best bet CPU-wise is Opterons. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461