From: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
To: Mischa Sandberg <mischa.sandberg@telus.net>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Whence the Opterons?
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 09:59:07 +1200
Message-ID: <427E8BAB.7000607@vilain.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1115415551.427be3ffe44c8@webmail.telus.net>
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Mischa Sandberg wrote:
> After reading the comparisons between Opteron and Xeon processors for Linux,
> I'd like to add an Opteron box to our stable of Dells and Sparcs, for comparison.
> 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?
Check out the Tyan Transport systems. Tyan are an ex Sparc clone manufacturer, and
released the second available Opteron board - widely considered the first serious
Opteron board to hit the market.
Sam.
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