Re: intel vs amd benchmark for pg server part 2

Subject: Re: [GENERAL] intel vs amd benchmark for pg server part 2
From: Vic Cekvenich <vic@basebeans.com>
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Or a disk caching controler (like Mylex or Penging Computing)
Any DB is IO bound.

Michael Loftis wrote:
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> Curt Sampson wrote:
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>> On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 postgres@vrane.com wrote:
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>>> Another gripe I have is that vacuum process does not eat up 100%
>>> of cpu.  In the beginning it peaks around 80% and at the end
>>> it is stuck around 20%.
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>> That's because your disk subsystem is too slow for the machine.
>> Put in a disk subsystem that doesn't slow down the machine, and
>> you'll use all your CPU.
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>> Then you can complain about not using all your disk I/O capacity.
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>> Performance bottlenecks never go away. You can only move them around.
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> Thats why we all call it "chasing the brass ring" :)
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>> cjs
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