| From: | Jochem van Dieten <jochemd(at)oli(dot)tudelft(dot)nl> |
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| To: | Bjoern Metzdorf <bm(at)turtle-entertainment(dot)de> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Xeon, P4 or Athlon MP |
| Date: | 2002-06-16 18:14:56 |
| Message-ID: | 3D0CD5A0.7020808@oli.tudelft.nl |
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Bjoern Metzdorf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> sorry if we had this already.
>
> Supposed I wanted to setup a real big postgresql-server for some heavy big
> webpage running under linux, what would be the best choice regarding
> price/performance?
>
> (Basic system with raid and 10k-scsi drives presumed)
>
> quadro Xeon 700 Mhz (1024 kb cache), 4 GB ECC Ram
>
> or
>
> dual Athlon MP fastest possible (1800+), 2-4 GB DDR-Ram
>
> or
>
> single P4 2.53+, 2-4 GB Rambus / DDR-Ram
Steve Wolfe has posted benchmarks comparing some dual Athlon with some
quadro Xeon. It is somewhere in the archives of pgsql-general (use
http://archives.postgresql.org/) but the short version is that the dual
Athlon performed way better for *his* situation.
Jochem
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