Re: [PERFORM] Quad processor options

From: Bjoern Metzdorf <bm(at)turtle-entertainment(dot)de>
To: Anjan Dave <adave(at)vantage(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Pgsql-Admin (E-mail)" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Quad processor options
Date: 2004-05-11 20:45:13
Message-ID: 40A13B59.4060803@turtle-entertainment.de
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Anjan Dave wrote:

> Did you mean to say the trigger-based clustering solution
> is loading the dual CPUs 60-70% right now?

No, this is without any triggers involved.

> Performance will not be linear with more processors,
> but it does help with more processes.
> We haven't benchmarked it, but we haven't had any
> problems also so far in terms of performance.

From the amount of processes view, we certainly can saturate a quad
setup :)

> Price would vary with your relation/yearly purchase, etc,
> but a 6650 with 2.0GHz/1MB cache/8GB Memory, RAID card,
> drives, etc, should definitely cost you less than 20K USD.

Which is still very much. Anyone have experience with a self built quad
xeon, using the Tyan Thunder board?

Regards,
Bjoern

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