Re: Large (8M) cache vs. dual-core CPUs

On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:27:18AM -0500, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> If you haven't actually run a heavy benchmark of postgresql on the two
> architectures, please don't make your decision based on other
> benchmarks.  Since you've got both a D920 and an X2 3800, that'd be a
> great place to start.  Mock up some benchmark with a couple dozen
> threads hitting the server at once and see if the Intel can keep up.  It

Or better yet, use dbt* or even pgbench so others can reproduce...
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