Re: Straightforward changes for increased SMP scalability

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> Gregory Stark wrote:
>>> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
>>>

>> If I have 16 cores, things are still really loud but I start to not be
>> able to tell the difference. The percentage of improvement is much lower.
>>
>> E.g, 16 cores works and PostgreSQL work great, but it is not nearly as
>> fantastic with 16 cores as 8 cores (in terms percentage gain).
>>

> That's not the same thing as slowing down, it just means that scaling
> isn't always linear, which isn't surprising.

Right. Which is why I reposted, but it also makes what Simon proposes
that much more attractive *because* it helps the linear problem (in theory).

Joshua D. Drake

>
> cheers
>
> andrew
>

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