Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:25:26 +0200 From: "Claus Guttesen" <kometen@gmail.com> To: "Palle Girgensohn" <girgen@pingpong.net> Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD or Intel? Message-ID: <b41c75520709100325j259f1400r3301daf0931e42b2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <E6C9DBADAE3839B380B736D7@rambutan.pingpong.net> References: <E6C9DBADAE3839B380B736D7@rambutan.pingpong.net>
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> 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? Not atm. The newer xeon's (woodcrest and friends) are no longer zzeonns, but are rather snappy and outperforms opterons. You can look at http://tweakers.net/reviews/657/6 as one example. -- regards Claus When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shakespeare
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