Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.187]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12E379F9BDC for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 23:50:48 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 40534-05 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 23:50:36 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-254.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.254]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8FCD9F9D59 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 23:50:42 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (or-69-34-217-90.sta.embarqhsd.net [69.34.217.90]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l862ohc2023407 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 5 Sep 2007 19:50:44 -0700 Message-ID: <46DF6AFA.6090605@commandprompt.com> Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:50:34 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 (X11/20070824) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Carlo Stonebanks CC: "'Scott Marlowe'" , "'Alvaro Herrera'" , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Performance on 8CPU's and 32GB of RAM References: <20070904230639.GA23731@alvh.no-ip.org> <3DCCF196F82444998B33F40C97B71CA4@serenity> In-Reply-To: <3DCCF196F82444998B33F40C97B71CA4@serenity> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.1/4161/Wed Sep 5 03:14:19 2007 on projects.commandprompt.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (lists.commandprompt.com [192.168.2.159]); Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:50:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200709/70 X-Sequence-Number: 26615 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Carlo Stonebanks wrote: > Unfortunately, LINUX is not an option at this time. We looked into it; there > is no *NIX expertise in the enterprise. However, I have raised this issue in > various forums before, and when pressed no one was willing to say that "*NIX > *DEFINITELY* outperforms Windows" for what my client is doing (or if it did > outperform Windows, that it would outperform so significantly that it > merited the move). > > Was this incorrect? Can my client DEFINITELY expect a significant > improvement in performance for what he is doing? > > DISK subsystem reports: SCSI/RAID Smart Array E200 controller using RAID 1. > Based on the hardware config you mention, it sounds to me as if you put all your money in the wrong basket (e.g; way too much ram and cpu / not enough IO). Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake - -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ UNIQUE NOT NULL Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG32r5ATb/zqfZUUQRAkAgAJ97aaOJZBbf8PobFjWs2v2fPh67PQCfeDVF mU6DA7mb3XfWDlpRsOfLi0U= =t7b9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----