Craig James <cjames(at)emolecules(dot)com> writes:
> I've confirmed that hyperthreading causes a huge drop in performance on a
> 2x4-core Intel Xeon E5620 2.40GHz system. The bottom line is:
Interesting.
> I'll be upgrading to 8.4.14 and making more changes to postgres.conf based
> on feedback. The server is available for a day or so for more tests if
> anyone has suggestions.
It would be nice to see similar tests done with 9.2. 8.4 is kind of old
news as far as server performance is concerned.
regards, tom lane