X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50CA611F625C for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 01:23:31 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 30446-08 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 01:23:28 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr4.postgresql.org (svr4.postgresql.org [66.98.251.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3238011F621A for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 01:23:29 -0300 (ADT) Received: from preston.office (mail.eclinic.com.au [203.202.134.251]) by svr4.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CC815AF890 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 04:23:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from preston.office (preston [127.0.0.1]) by preston.office (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBCA310008A7; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 14:23:03 +1000 (EST) Received: from preston.office (preston [127.0.0.1]) by preston.office (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5514C1001746; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 14:23:03 +1000 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.28] (shawn.office [192.168.1.28]) by preston.office (Postfix) with ESMTP id A698210008A7; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 14:23:02 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <443497AB.4000309@eclinic.com.au> Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:23:07 +1000 From: Leigh Dyer User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5 (X11/20060309) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Luke Lonergan Cc: "Juan Casero (FL FLC)" , Josh Berkus , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Sun Fire T2000 and PostgreSQL 8.1.3 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AV-Checked: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 required=5 tests=[none] X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200604/89 X-Sequence-Number: 18173 Luke Lonergan wrote: > Juan, > > On 4/5/06 5:33 PM, "Juan Casero (FL FLC)" > wrote: > >> ... but I am looking to see if the performance >> benefit we can get from this server is worth the price tag right now. > > While many people here will look forward to performance results on the > T2000, I can guarantee that your server money will go much further for a > reporting application with an Opteron based system. Buy a Sun Galaxy with a > pair of Opteron 275s, run Linux on it, and I predict you will see > performance 4-5 times faster than the T2000 running Solaris for handling > single queries, and 2-3 times faster when handling multiple queries. We've got a Sun Fire V40z and it's quite a nice machine -- 6x 15krpm drives, 4GB RAM, and a pair of Opteron 850s. This gives us more than enough power now for what we need, but it's nice to know that we can shoehorn a lot more RAM, and up it to eight CPU cores if needed. The newer Sun Opteron systems look nice too, but unless you're using external storage, their little 2.5" hard drives may not be ideal. Thanks Leigh > > - Luke > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster >