From: | Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: CPU |
Date: | 2007-12-04 04:30:58 |
Message-ID: | 4754D802.3000903@cox.net |
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On 12/03/07 21:27, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Uwe C. Schroeder wrote:
>> On Monday 03 December 2007, Tom Allison wrote:
>>> is there much of a difference in performance between a XEON, dual
>>> core from intel and a dual core AMD 64 CPU?
>
> Well honestly, with how cheap you can get a quad core from Intel... I
> say do that :). The general difference between a dual core opteron and a
> dual core xeon will likely not be noticeable to a PostgreSQL
> installation (generally speaking).
>
> However, the two extra cores (even if slower), will greatly help if you
> have any kind of concurrency.
Are there any heat/power considerations? An Opteron will most
likely draw less power, generate less heat, be easier to cool and
thus generate less noise.
Of course, the heat and whine from those 10K and 15K SCSI drives
will override any possible Opteron CPU fan quietness.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
%SYSTEM-F-FISH, my hovercraft is full of eels
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