-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gavin Hamill wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:28:49 -0500 > Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Search the performance archives for the last 4 or 5 months for PPC / >> pseries machines. >> >> You'll find a very long thread about the disappointing performance the >> tester got with a rather expensive P Series machine. And his happy >> ending of testing on an Opteron machine. > > Amen, brother :) > > We hoped throwing a silly pSeries 650 would solve all our problems. Boy > were we wrong... a world of pain... > > Don't go there - just buy an Opteron system - if you're talking about > IBM big iron, a decent Opteron will cost you about as much as a couple > of compilers and an on-site visit from IBM... > > Cheers, > Gavin. > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > Things cannot be clearer :) I really know that opterons are the best I can have. But for now I have to publish the results Sunday 25th on either the xeons or the PPCs. Tomorrow I'll conduct a deeper test, and come back. Cheers. - -- Zied Fakhfakh GPG Key : gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys F06B55B5 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEjy0cS1DO7ovpKz8RAklqAKDC75a8SQUoGwNHGxu4ysZhNt5eJwCgt0mP YHfZbYVS44kxFyxxEzs9KE0= =aLbn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
