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From: Arjen van der Meijden <acmmailing@tweakers.net>
To: Jeff Frost <jeff@frostconsultingllc.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: opportunity to benchmark a quad core Xeon
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:11:59 +0100
Message-ID: <4583AA4F.4020607@tweakers.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612151922180.18205@discord.home.frostconsultingllc.com>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612151922180.18205@discord.home.frostconsultingllc.com>

On 16-12-2006 4:24 Jeff Frost wrote:
> We can add more RAM and drives for testing purposes.  Can someone 
> suggest what benchmarks with what settings would be desirable to see how 
> this system performs.  I don't believe I've seen any postgres benchmarks 
> done on a quad xeon yet.

We've done our "standard" benchmark on a dual X5355:
http://tweakers.net/reviews/661

Verdict is that for a price/performance-ratio you're better off with a 
5160, but in absolute performance it does win.

Best regards,

Arjen



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