OT Re: Hardware/OS recommendations for large databases (

AMD added quad-core processors to their public roadmap for 2007.

Beyond 2007, the quad-cores will scale up to 32 sockets!!!!!!!!
(using Direct Connect Architecture 2.0)

Expect Intel to follow.

    douglas

On Nov 16, 2005, at 9:38 AM, Steve Wampler wrote:

> [...]
>
> Got it - the cpu is only acting on one query in any instant but may be
> switching between many 'simultaneous' queries.  PG isn't really
> involved
> in the decision.  That makes sense.