-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:30:58 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12/03/07 21:27, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > Uwe C. Schroeder wrote: > >> On Monday 03 December 2007, Tom Allison wrote: > >>> is there much of a difference in performance between a XEON, dual > >>> core from intel and a dual core AMD 64 CPU? > > > > Well honestly, with how cheap you can get a quad core from Intel... > > I say do that :). The general difference between a dual core > > opteron and a dual core xeon will likely not be noticeable to a > > PostgreSQL installation (generally speaking). > > > > However, the two extra cores (even if slower), will greatly help if > > you have any kind of concurrency. > > Are there any heat/power considerations? An Opteron will most > likely draw less power, generate less heat, be easier to cool and > thus generate less noise. Its a server... why are we worried about noise? Heat... well yes but what you say below :) > > Of course, the heat and whine from those 10K and 15K SCSI drives > will override any possible Opteron CPU fan quietness. > > - -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > %SYSTEM-F-FISH, my hovercraft is full of eels > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHVNgCS9HxQb37XmcRArgLAKCqTxy49KKaRy3P2UUqEyy6LJJKHACg0RDm > 8TeEugJQYEGwyJ3nZBUWc9I= > =LBD2 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your > friend > - -- === 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) iD8DBQFHVNsnATb/zqfZUUQRAiUZAKCcnAfQAzWw1oU8F4B6bodrdSo7BgCfZL+Y YoVsDmS2knU5I7cO4SnhpEI= =xIJ5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings