Re: Quad Xeon vs. Dual Itanium

On Feb 10, 2004, at 2:18 AM, Lincoln Yeoh wrote:

> At 11:44 AM 2/9/2004 -0500, Doug McNaught wrote:
>
>> John Gibson <gib(at)edgate(dot)com> writes:
>>
>> > Assuming similar memory and disk sub-systems, I am considering a
>> Quad
>> > Xeon system vs. a Dual Itanium for PostgreSQL. I believe that the
>> > PostgreSQL code is written for 32 bit and not optimized for the 64
>> bit
>> > Itanium cpu. That makes me think that the Xeon system would be a
>> > better choice.
>>
>> Postgres runs on many 64-bit systems, including UltraSPARC, MIPS, and
>> Alpha, plus the Intel and AMD offerings. What makes you think it's
>> 'not optimized'?

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> Unless you need cutting edge floating point performance I doubt you'd
> want an Itanium (and even if you do, you might wish to consider
> powerpc as well).

Speaking of PowerPC, has anyone out there run PostgreSQL on a G5
(either PowerMac or Xserve)? From looking at the specs, it seems it's
got great throughput in terms of moving data around.

Michael Glaesemann
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