Re: Hardware

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On 6 Feb 2007, at 15:59, Walter Vaughan wrote:

> I need to purchase a new server to put posgresql on that will be
> acting as the DBMS server for Apache ofBiz soon. While googling
> around for performance tweaks I saw this at http://revsys.com/
> writings/postgresql-performance.html
>
> <quote>
> CPUs — The more CPUs the better, however if your database does not
> use many complex functions your money is best spent on a better
> disk subsystem. Also, avoid Intel Xeon processors with PostgreSQL
> as there is a problem with the context switching in these
> processors that gives sub-par performance. Opterons are generally
> accepted as being a superior CPU for PostgreSQL databases.
> </quote>
>
> Is this still true in regards to Xeon's? I was looking at a server
> with Quad Core Xeon 2 5335 @ 2.0GHz.
>
> And at http://www.powerpostgresql.com/PerfList
>

It seems to be outdated. As far as I know it was supposed to warn for
the HyperThreading things.

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