From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 11 06:11:59 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4401A16A417 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:11:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D78AB13C457 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:11:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k4so989256nfd for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:11:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=sRj7plPdufK9TnqAJYXQjpSy1BJrpJXhtACJidmJy/U=; b=hpdi6ntD9L+M6nlpTGsx/JFD2YKSiyZaE3rFb/G/KQsa1U+vULHJYWgnSzA3yKXzPb7oiSVeefY2BZcs5rYmWGey+Jp1V/oR5YqZtkcv+oJufGkj1T4SzbkSQfTahl+ut/zuzCpe1I3UQP64h37ceZrjyaxsSj0HnefKGAaazDU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=PHHg3PJojpav+XgDApYGQVSJ8cn70XCJTfmeoZu7mUbNjnsDRVGvZufdtXNvatnGdCbJhgbVplTSnhfbIoSI8NAmoTKOncTRRxqkiaiPM6kThYaXXtndQlD+DasHcyV7MtC473oGBAt0rSGIlndw9cR1FUiPbP/FtMYwv+0+O+A= Received: by 10.78.180.16 with SMTP id c16mr2337744huf.1189491117286; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:11:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.159.13 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:11:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:11:57 +0200 From: "Claus Guttesen" To: "Alfred Perlstein" In-Reply-To: <20070910224503.GO79417@elvis.mu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070910224503.GO79417@elvis.mu.org> Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, Palle Girgensohn Subject: Re: AMD or Intel? 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: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:11:59 -0000 > 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. > Pls. don't top post!! > > -Alfred > > * Palle Girgensohn [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 > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- regards Claus When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shakespeare