X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAA1711F65E7 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 18:50:48 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 18155-10 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 18:50:42 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from mail.mi8.com (d01gw02.mi8.com [63.240.6.46]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8331311F65DD for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 18:50:44 -0300 (ADT) Received: from 172.16.1.112 by mail.mi8.com with ESMTP (- Welcome to Mi8 Corporation www.Mi8.com (D2)); Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:50:34 -0400 X-Server-Uuid: 7829E76E-BB9E-4995-8473-3C0929DF7DD1 Received: from MI8NYCMAIL06.Mi8.com ([172.16.1.160]) by D01SMTP02.Mi8.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 7 Apr 2006 17:50:33 -0400 Received: from 67.103.45.218 ([67.103.45.218]) by MI8NYCMAIL06.Mi8.com ( [172.16.1.219]) via Exchange Front-End Server mi8owa.mi8.com ( [172.16.1.106]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 21:50:33 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.3.060209 Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:50:31 -0700 Subject: Re: pg 8.1.3, AIX, huge box, painfully slow. From: "Luke Lonergan" To: "Gavin Hamill" , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [PERFORM] pg 8.1.3, AIX, huge box, painfully slow. Thread-Index: AcZaifwE0OTb6cNaQtWkMccKrQ69PwAA05Gr In-Reply-To: <20060407222443.97ddf152.gdh@laterooms.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Apr 2006 21:50:33.0746 (UTC) FILETIME=[4BEEAF20:01C65A8D] X-WSS-ID: 682801202XS41658529-01-01 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=B_3227266232_639298 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.254 required=5 tests=[HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=1.253] X-Spam-Score: 1.254 X-Spam-Level: * X-Archive-Number: 200604/159 X-Sequence-Number: 18243 > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3227266232_639298 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gavin, On 4/7/06 2:24 PM, "Gavin Hamill" wrote: > I did look into the specs of the system, and the memory bw on the > pSeries was /much/ greater than the Xeon - it's one of the things that > really pushed me towards it in the end. I forget the figures, but it > was 3 or 4 times greater.