Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:45:03 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD or Intel? Message-ID: <20070910224503.GO79417@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <E6C9DBADAE3839B380B736D7@rambutan.pingpong.net> References: <E6C9DBADAE3839B380B736D7@rambutan.pingpong.net>
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Palle, I really haven't kept pace with Intel versus AMD in a while, my understanding is that AMD is still the only 64bit game in town. For a database, the more memory you can get, the better. I've found many machines with 4 gigs of ram to not be enough to get decent performance from a database these days. I would suggest going with AMD and getting a board that can do at least 8GB if not 16 or even 32GB of ram. Even with what I've been hearing in this thread about a 20% speed difference with Intel parts, you will totally be ruined once you hit the 4GB barrier on your Intel hardware. -Alfred * Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> [070910 03:16] wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-performance@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-performance > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-performance-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- - Alfred Perlstein
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