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On Sep 21, 2007, at 6:40 AM, Eric Anderson wrote:
>> It would be good if someone could do a database benchmark for some  
>> of the larger parts.
>> Something else worth mentioning... a lot of work is being done to  
>> improve PostgreSQL scalability for larger numbers of CPUs. If  
>> you're looking at anything over 4 cores, I recommend going to 8.3  
>> ASAP.
>
>
> Hmm.  Sounds like you know a lot about database stuff (database  
> architect!), maybe you would be a perfect candidate for the  
> benchmark? :)

If someone had comparable AMD and Intel machines, sure.
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