Received: from localhost (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01EEE9FA2FD for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 04:11:59 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 69861-04 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 04:11:52 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from olive.qinip.net (olive.qinip.net [62.100.30.40]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3AE39F9F47 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 04:11:54 -0400 (AST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (h8441139206.dsl.speedlinq.nl [84.41.139.206]) by olive.qinip.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A4BE180E8; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:11:50 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <4583AA4F.4020607@tweakers.net> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:11:59 +0100 From: Arjen van der Meijden User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Frost CC: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: opportunity to benchmark a quad core Xeon References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0659-0, 15-12-2006), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200612/433 X-Sequence-Number: 22489 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