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Date:      Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:11:14 +0200
From:      Palle Girgensohn <girgen@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, postgresql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject:   AMD or Intel?
Message-ID:  <475C926AAAF345AFC8B9F513@rambutan.pingpong.net>
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Hi,

We are looking at getting a server for running postgresql. Only postgresql, 
a dedicated machine. Since we know FreeBSD very well, we plan on using it 
as the OS.

We have an offer for an IBM server, x3650, with 2 * DC Intel Xeon 5160, 
Raid with two clusters, one for database and one for xlog. Loads and loads 
of RAM.

Now, I hear rumors that AMD is to be preferred over Intel for performance 
reasons. Any comments on that? Are we better off getting AMD processors, 
when running Unix?

Regards,
Palle
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