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 ED6C29FA13E for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:38:37 -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 20137-02 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:38:31 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from pat.laterooms.com (fon.nation-net.com [194.24.251.1]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D33FA9F9316 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:38:30 -0300 (ADT) Received: from pat.laterooms.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pat.laterooms.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60486C1BD for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:38:28 +0100 (BST) Received: from eddie.acentral.co.uk (80-192-144-33.cable.ubr04.pres.blueyonder.co.uk [80.192.144.33]) by pat.laterooms.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 401B4C1BB for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:38:28 +0100 (BST) Received: from eddie.acentral.co.uk (eddie.acentral.co.uk [127.0.0.1]) by eddie.acentral.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id B819175DEE for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:38:33 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [10.0.0.29]) by eddie.acentral.co.uk (Postfix) with SMTP id 9ECD675D82 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:38:33 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:38:24 +0100 From: Gavin Hamill To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: scaling up postgres Message-Id: <20060613203824.7bca92bf.gdh@laterooms.com> In-Reply-To: <1150226929.29299.54.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> References: <200606030931.k539V38Y007877@smtp2.planet.net.tn> <20060603094355.GA23297@uio.no> <1150062140.23423.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> <448D3B65.7090709@aeccom.com> <448DE0DB.1020107@planet.tn> <1150226929.29299.54.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.17; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-AV-Checked: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200606/198 X-Sequence-Number: 19555 On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:28:49 -0500 Scott Marlowe wrote: > Search the performance archives for the last 4 or 5 months for PPC / > pseries machines. > > You'll find a very long thread about the disappointing performance the > tester got with a rather expensive P Series machine. And his happy > ending of testing on an Opteron machine. Amen, brother :) We hoped throwing a silly pSeries 650 would solve all our problems. Boy were we wrong... a world of pain... Don't go there - just buy an Opteron system - if you're talking about IBM big iron, a decent Opteron will cost you about as much as a couple of compilers and an on-site visit from IBM... Cheers, Gavin.