On Apr 11, 2005 4:06 PM, Christian Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The test given is clearly CPU bound. All the big numbers are from people > with big CPUs, with equally big RAM performance as well, probably.
I have done a few database test recently, and I often found them to be CPU bound, at least as long as the data fits into memory. If you are looking for a fast system, I think there is nothing affordable that currently beats an AMD64 (Athlon64 or Opteron). The build in memory controller leads to very low memory latency, which is quite important for databases, and the 64bit CPU gives you lots of raw power. Thomas
