Re: Which processor runs better for Postgresql?

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From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com]
Sent: 14 June 2006 18:04
To: Dave Page
Cc: Joshua D. Drake; steve(dot)poe(at)gmail(dot)com;
pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: RE: [PERFORM] Which processor runs better for
Postgresql?

On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 15:11, Dave Page wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----

> And how old are the 2600's now?
>
> Anyhoo, I'm not saying the current machines are excellent
performers or
> anything, but there are good business reasons to run them if
you don't
> need to squeeze out every last pony.

Just thought I'd point you to Dell's forums.


http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=pes_linux&page=1
<http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=pes_linux&page=1
>

wherein you'll find plenty of folks who have problems with
freezing RAID
controllers with 28xx and 18xx machines.

<shrug>Never had any such problems in the dozen or so machines we run
(about a 50-50 split of Linux to Windows).

Regards, Dave