From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 10 10:51:42 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 92B7F16A41B for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:51:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08C8113C48D for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:51:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k4so770749nfd for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:51:40 -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=YjcAt7iTqHAcfWwDJU9EpJG+LcHH/2u63jCklrms5G4=; b=t06cHfT9hWab1uOwz7/e7lniQcSmg3KUDzLWHqj+ta80B0xcLuPMdhN4bIPrTUOLeaJ13YngPLOJ9IFEc9G8n71XTRPxP5xzbV4hiNdY82DsWE4sVTB5Bd5NZq9eA63K+Y5SGfpDsHoiYek2dIRJm4nJCnIswI7px4v7Tnf+NY0= 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=hWQTEFVLNTDJlo3RttbXHtNvkRoFz0M+mJCpatloyv+qDQ8eop1FZb+5crybRrhhvq1Tx3SlRiwFzGnyn9ELgmtfpYewr5vlIkBo8jaq+R9fWUfRiTVWWJ4zuD8AaBwNMH4xyEbaQLmY1VsPO2MuVhm74kHxxFpsa9O4iwPCFgA= Received: by 10.78.118.5 with SMTP id q5mr1848334huc.1189419926734; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:25:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.146.10 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:25:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:25:26 +0200 From: "Claus Guttesen" To: "Palle Girgensohn" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org 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: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:51:42 -0000 > 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