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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:33:29 -0800
From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
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CC: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org, Geoffrey <esoteric@3times25.net>
Subject: Re: which Xeon processors don't have the context switching
 problem
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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Geoffrey,
> 
>> I recall a reference on the list indicating that newer Xeon processors
>> don't suffer from the context switching problem reported last year.
> 
> Just to be clear, it's a software problem which affects all architectures, 
> including AMD and Sparc.  It's just *worse* on the PIII and P4 generation 
> Xeons.
> 

Also isn't it pretty much *not* a problem with current versions of
PostgreSQL?

Joshua D. Drake

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