X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F2FE9FA5DD for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 18:43:49 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 57868-07 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 18:43:45 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from cassarossa.samfundet.no (cassarossa.samfundet.no [129.241.93.19]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8408E9FA3D7 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 18:43:45 -0300 (ADT) Received: from trofast.sesse.net ([129.241.93.32]) by cassarossa.samfundet.no with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1FpXig-0001Hs-HK; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:43:43 +0200 Received: from sesse by trofast.sesse.net with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FpXif-0002oA-00; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:43:41 +0200 Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:43:41 +0200 From: "Steinar H. Gunderson" To: Mario Splivalo Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: scaling up postgres Message-ID: <20060611214341.GA10747@uio.no> Mail-Followup-To: Mario Splivalo , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org References: <200606030931.k539V38Y007877@smtp2.planet.net.tn> <20060603094355.GA23297@uio.no> <1150062140.23423.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1150062140.23423.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.16trofastxen on a x86_64 X-Message-Flag: Outlook? --> http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200606/122 X-Sequence-Number: 19479 On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 11:42:20PM +0200, Mario Splivalo wrote: > Could you point out to some more detailed reading on why Xeons are > poorer choice than Opterons when used with PostgreSQL? There are lots of theories, none conclusive, but the benchmarks certainly point that way consistently. Read the list archives for the details. /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/