| From: | "Steve Wolfe" <nw(at)codon(dot)com> |
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| To: | <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: hardware question |
| Date: | 2002-09-26 20:27:27 |
| Message-ID: | 016601c2659b$288471e0$d281f6cc@WEASEL |
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> I've got a question concerning hardware. We're planning to replace our
SUNS
> (E3500,E3000,E450 etc) with multiprocessor XEON boards. Is there any
> recommendation or experience about this type of hardware ?
A lot of it depends on whether you're talking about P3 Xeons or P4
Xeons. P3 Xeons are not worth the cost, in my not-so-humble opinion. We
replaced a 4x700 MHz/1MB P3 Xeon machine with a 2x AthlonMP 2000+, and
performance increased substantially, dropping the system loads in *half*.
If you're talking P4 Xeons, I can't comment on their effectiveness vs.
AthlonMP's - but they sure do come at a price premium.
steve
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