Re: [PERFORM] Barcelona vs Tigerton

2007-09-11 Thread Decibel!
On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 10:57:43AM +0300, Mindaugas wrote: > Hello, > > Now that both 4x4 out it's time for us to decide which one should be better > for our PostgreSQL and Oracle. And especially for Oracle we really need such > server to squeeze everything from Oracle licenses. Both of the

Re: [PERFORM] Barcelona vs Tigerton

2007-09-11 Thread Joshua D. Drake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Guy Rouillier wrote: > Mindaugas wrote: >> Hello, > Barcelona was just announced yesterday. I wouldn't want to be betting > my business on it just yet. Plus, AMD usually is able to up the clock on > their chips pretty well after they've got a few p

Re: [PERFORM] Barcelona vs Tigerton

2007-09-11 Thread Guy Rouillier
Mindaugas wrote: Hello, Now that both 4x4 out it's time for us to decide which one should be better for our PostgreSQL and Oracle. And especially for Oracle we really need such server to squeeze everything from Oracle licenses. Both of the databases handle OLTP type of the load. Since w

Re: [PERFORM] Barcelona vs Tigerton

2007-09-11 Thread Greg Smith
On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, Mindaugas wrote: Now that both 4x4 out it's time for us to decide which one should be better for our PostgreSQL and Oracle. You're going to have to wait a bit for that. No one has had both to compare for long enough yet to reach a strong conclusion, and you're probably

Re: [PERFORM] Barcelona vs Tigerton

2007-09-11 Thread Luke Lonergan
Mindaugas, The Anandtech results appear to me to support a 2.5 GHz Barcelona performing better than the available Intel CPUs overall. If you can wait for the 2.5 GHz AMD parts to come out, they'd be a better bet IMO especially considering 4 sockets. In fact, have you seen quad QC Intel benchmark