Re: Which processor runs better for Postgresql?

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From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:smarlowe@g2switchworks.com]
Sent: 14 June 2006 18:04
To: Dave Page
Cc: Joshua D. Drake; steve.poe@gmail.com; pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: RE: [PERFORM] Which processor runs better for Postgresql?

On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 15:11, Dave Page wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----

> And how old are the 2600's now?
>
> Anyhoo, I'm not saying the current machines are excellent performers or
> anything, but there are good business reasons to run them if you don't
> need to squeeze out every last pony.

Just thought I'd point you to Dell's forums.

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=pes_linux&page=1

wherein you'll find plenty of folks who have problems with freezing RAID
controllers with 28xx and 18xx machines. 
 

<shrug>Never had any such problems in the dozen or so machines we run (about a 50-50 split of Linux to Windows). 

Regards, Dave