| From: | "Steve Wolfe" <steve(at)iboats(dot)com> |
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| To: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: how good is PostgreSQL |
| Date: | 2000-11-02 19:40:07 |
| Message-ID: | 002201c04504$bb9eb4e0$50824e40@iboats.com |
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> Performance depends on a lot of factors. Shelling out $$$ for Sun
> hardware doesn't garuntee good performance. They might have been better
> off buying a Tru64 system with Compaq's jdk.
Yeah, it could be. But comparing the $7,000 Intel machine I built
against a $20,000 Alpha, I'm still very happy with Intel. Yes, the Alpha
was faster on a per-processor basis. But it also cost more than twice as
much on a dollar-for-transaction basis. ; )
steve
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