>>>>> "JG" == John Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JG> Hi, all. JG> I need to upgrade my dual Xeon PostgreSQL engine. JG> Assuming similar memory and disk sub-systems, I am considering a Quad JG> Xeon system vs. a Dual Itanium for PostgreSQL. I believe that the Save the money from the dual itanium or quad xeon and buy a dual xeon but faster disks with a larger cache in the RAID controller, and perhaps a dedicated RAID controller for the disk set that holds the write-ahead log. You're sure to find that you saturate the disk system faster than you fill up even one CPU, let alone 4. I assume that the box will be running *only* the database and any other applications will run elsewhere. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockville, MD +1-301-869-4449 x806 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
