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 7FF269FA10A for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:14:49 -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 72563-10 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:14:43 -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 956249FA4A8 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:14:44 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (or-67-76-146-141.sta.sprint-hsd.net [67.76.146.141]) (authenticated bits=0) by projects.commandprompt.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5D1Eaed023433; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:14:40 -0700 Message-ID: <448E11B1.20309@commandprompt.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:15:29 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060522) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Atkins CC: "Pgsql-Performance ((E-mail))" Subject: Re: 64-bit vs 32-bit performance ... backwards? References: <1150151282.14661.42.camel@tigger> <54CA6A16-AB42-440D-B5DB-BC43AE283ED8@blighty.com> In-Reply-To: <54CA6A16-AB42-440D-B5DB-BC43AE283ED8@blighty.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.2, clamav-milter version 0.88.2 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]); Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:14:40 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200606/150 X-Sequence-Number: 19507 > Empirically... postgresql built for 64 bits is marginally slower than > that built > for a 32 bit api on sparc. None of my customers have found 64 bit x86 > systems to be suitable for production use, yet, so I've not tested on any > of those architectures. Really? All of our customers are migrating to Opteron and I have many that have been using Opteron for over 12 months happily. Joshua D. Drake > > Cheers, > Steve > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > -- === 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/