William Yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Rob Sell wrote: > > > Not being one to hijack threads, but I haven't heard of this performance hit > > when using HT, I have what should all rights be a pretty fast server, dual > > 2.4 Xeons with HT 205gb raid 5 array, 1 gig of memory. And it is only 50% as > > fast as my old server which was a dual AMD MP 1400's with a 45gb raid 5 > > array and 1gb of ram. > > Not to get into a big Intel vs AMD argument but 50% sounds about right. Let's > first assume that the QS rating for the MP1400 is relatively accurate and > convert that to a 1.4GHz Xeon. 2.4/1.4 = +71%. Since processor performance > does not increase linearly with clockspeed, 50% is in line with expectations.
Hm. You've read "50% as fast" as "50% faster". I wonder which the original poster intended. -- greg ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
