From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 26 14:35:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C37416A400 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:35:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dgilbert@daveg.ca) Received: from ox.eicat.ca (ox.eicat.ca [66.96.30.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09FE443D45 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:35:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dgilbert@daveg.ca) Received: by ox.eicat.ca (Postfix, from userid 66) id A2C9315A07; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:35:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: by canoe.dclg.ca (Postfix, from userid 101) id E73024AC41; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:35:06 -0400 (EDT) From: David Gilbert MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17487.34074.833134.823847@canoe.dclg.ca> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:35:06 -0400 To: Mike Jakubik In-Reply-To: <444E8F8A.9030409@rogers.com> References: <20060425090739.8470143f.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <005301c668ab$39c4c150$8b00a8c0@multiplay.co.uk> <444E8F8A.9030409@rogers.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 19) "Constant Variable" XEmacs Lucid Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, Steven Hartland , Bill Moran Subject: Re: Dual-core CPU vs. very large cache X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:35:10 -0000 >>>>> "Mike" == Mike Jakubik writes: Mike> Steven Hartland wrote: >> Forget Intel and go for AMD who beat them hands down for DB work: >> http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=2745 Mike> It will be interesting to see how Intels new CPUs (Conroe, Mike> Woodcrest, etc) will perform. From initial gaming benchmarks, Mike> they seems to outperform the current AMD offerings. But for Mike> current technology i agree, go for an Opteron system. This isn't random. As I understand the issue, the Opteron HT bus handles synchronization much faster. So for a game --- this doesn't matter ... games don't (usually) need sync. Databases, however, live on synchonizaton. If you're a Dell man (and already paying the Dell tax), consider the Sun 1U's. They offer up to 4 cores in a 1U. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================