| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "G(dot) Anthony Reina" <reina(at)nsi(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-admin(at)postgreSQL(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Dual processors for Postgres? |
| Date: | 2001-02-12 22:05:39 |
| Message-ID: | 200102122205.RAA27741@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> I may have a chance to upgrade the hardware for our db server in a few
> months time. Are there any advantages to using a dual processor system
> for Postgres?
If you are CPU bound, PostgreSQL can spread backends across CPU's. If
you hare I/O bound, it will not help much.
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