On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:27:18AM -0500, Scott Marlowe wrote: > If you haven't actually run a heavy benchmark of postgresql on the two > architectures, please don't make your decision based on other > benchmarks. Since you've got both a D920 and an X2 3800, that'd be a > great place to start. Mock up some benchmark with a couple dozen > threads hitting the server at once and see if the Intel can keep up. It Or better yet, use dbt* or even pgbench so others can reproduce... -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461