Re: [PERFORM] which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem

2007-03-05 Thread Geoffrey
Joshua D. Drake wrote: Geoffrey wrote: Guillaume Smet wrote: On 2/23/07, Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I've heard. We're headed for 8 as soon as possible, but until we get our code ready, we're on 7.4.16. You should move to at least 8.1 and possibly 8.2. It's not a good idea to

Re: [PERFORM] which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem

2007-02-24 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Geoffrey wrote: Guillaume Smet wrote: On 2/23/07, Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I've heard. We're headed for 8 as soon as possible, but until we get our code ready, we're on 7.4.16. You should move to at least 8.1 and possibly 8.2. It's not a good idea to upgrade only to 8 IMHO.

[PERFORM] which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem

2007-02-23 Thread Geoffrey
I recall a reference on the list indicating that newer Xeon processors don't suffer from the context switching problem reported last year. In searching the archives, I can't find any specific info indentifying which Xeon processors don't have this problem. Anyone point me to a reference? Is

Re: [PERFORM] which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem

2007-02-23 Thread Claus Guttesen
I recall a reference on the list indicating that newer Xeon processors don't suffer from the context switching problem reported last year. In searching the archives, I can't find any specific info indentifying which Xeon processors don't have this problem. Anyone point me to a reference? We

Re: [PERFORM] which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem

2007-02-23 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 02:05:57PM -0500, Geoffrey wrote: In searching the archives, I can't find any specific info indentifying which Xeon processors don't have this problem. AFAIK the cut-off point is at the Woodcrests. They are overall much better suited to PostgreSQL than the older Xeons

Re: [PERFORM] which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem

2007-02-23 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 02:05:57PM -0500, Geoffrey wrote: In searching the archives, I can't find any specific info indentifying which Xeon processors don't have this problem. AFAIK the cut-off point is at the Woodcrests. They are overall much better suited to

Re: [PERFORM] which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem

2007-02-23 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 04:53:18PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote: It's slightly unfortunate that AMD and Intel cling to the Opteron and Xeon names even though they're making significant architecture changes, but that's life, I guess. AFAIR Intel has been calling their server processors Xeon

Re: [PERFORM] which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem

2007-02-23 Thread Josh Berkus
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

Re: [PERFORM] which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem

2007-02-23 Thread Geoffrey
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

Re: [PERFORM] which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem

2007-02-23 Thread Joshua D. Drake
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*

Re: [PERFORM] which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem

2007-02-23 Thread Geoffrey
Joshua D. Drake wrote: 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.

Re: [PERFORM] which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem

2007-02-23 Thread Guillaume Smet
On 2/23/07, Joshua D. Drake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also isn't it pretty much *not* a problem with current versions of PostgreSQL? We had a really *big* scalability problem with a quad Xeon MP 2.2 and PostgreSQL 7.4. The problem is mostly gone since we upgraded to 8.1 a year ago. Woodcrest

Re: [PERFORM] which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem

2007-02-23 Thread Guillaume Smet
On 2/23/07, Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I've heard. We're headed for 8 as soon as possible, but until we get our code ready, we're on 7.4.16. You should move to at least 8.1 and possibly 8.2. It's not a good idea to upgrade only to 8 IMHO. -- Guillaume

Re: [PERFORM] which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem

2007-02-23 Thread Magnus Hagander
Alvaro Herrera wrote: Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 02:05:57PM -0500, Geoffrey wrote: In searching the archives, I can't find any specific info indentifying which Xeon processors don't have this problem. AFAIK the cut-off point is at the Woodcrests. They are overall

Re: [PERFORM] which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem

2007-02-23 Thread Geoffrey
Guillaume Smet wrote: On 2/23/07, Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I've heard. We're headed for 8 as soon as possible, but until we get our code ready, we're on 7.4.16. You should move to at least 8.1 and possibly 8.2. It's not a good idea to upgrade only to 8 IMHO. When I said 8, I