On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:32, Chris Field wrote: > We are getting ready to spec out a new machine and are wondering about > the wisdom of buying a quad versus a dual processor machine. Seing as > how postgres in not a threaded application, and this server will only be > used for log/transaction analysis (it will only ever have a few large > queries running). Is there any performance to be gained, and if so is > it worth the large cost? Any thoughts/experience are much > appreciated...
Since you're asking the question, I'll assume you don't have CPU intensive queries or monstrous loads. I'd probably invest in a Quad system with 2 chips in it (2 empty sockets) and put the difference in funds into a few extra GB of Ram or improved IO. In 6 months or a year, if you start doing longer or more complex queries, toss in the other 2 chips. So long as you don't hit a memory limit, it'll be fine. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
