From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:smarlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 14 June 2006 18:04
To: Dave Page
Cc: Joshua D. Drake; steve.poe@xxxxxxxxx; pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [PERFORM] Which processor runs better for Postgresql?On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 15:11, Dave Page wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> And how old are the 2600's now?
>
> Anyhoo, I'm not saying the current machines are excellent performers or
> anything, but there are good business reasons to run them if you don't
> need to squeeze out every last pony.
Just thought I'd point you to Dell's forums.
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=pes_linux&page=1
wherein you'll find plenty of folks who have problems with freezing RAID
controllers with 28xx and 18xx machines.
<shrug>Never had any such problems in the dozen or so machines we run (about a 50-50 split of Linux to Windows).
Regards, Dave
