From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Cc: Geoffrey <esoteric@3times25.net>
Subject: Re: which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:30:56 -0800
Message-ID: <200702231330.57014.josh@agliodbs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45DF3B15.1070609@3times25.net>
References: <45DF3B15.1070609@3times25.net>
Geoffrey,
> I recall a reference on the list indicating that newer Xeon processors
> don't suffer from the context switching problem reported last year.
Just to be clear, it's a software problem which affects all architectures,
including AMD and Sparc. It's just *worse* on the PIII and P4 generation
Xeons.
--
--Josh
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco
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