X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C89211F6284 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:12:41 -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 13919-05 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:12:31 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from projects.commandprompt.com (host-130.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 275B811F6285 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:12:29 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (or-67-76-146-141.sta.sprint-hsd.net [67.76.146.141]) (authenticated bits=0) by projects.commandprompt.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3PJCNNQ001604; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:12:23 -0700 Message-ID: <444E7494.1040900@commandprompt.com> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:12:20 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5 (X11/20060309) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Marlowe CC: mark@mark.mielke.cc, Bill Moran , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Large (8M) cache vs. dual-core CPUs References: <20060425141435.6c8c163c.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <1145990018.23538.234.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> <20060425183817.GA9241@mark.mielke.cc> <1145990551.23538.244.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> In-Reply-To: <1145990551.23538.244.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on projects.commandprompt.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (projects.commandprompt.com [192.168.2.159]); Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:12:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200604/571 X-Sequence-Number: 18655 > But don't believe me or the other people who've seen the difference. Go > buy the Intel box. No skin off my back. To be more detailed... AMD Opteron has some specific technical advantages to their design over Intel when it comes to peforming for a database. Specifically no front side bus :) Also it is widely known and documented (just review the archives) that AMD performs better then the equivelant Intel CPU, dollar for dollar. Lastly it is also known that Dell frankly, sucks for PostgreSQL. Again, check the archives. Joshua D. Drake -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/