Re: Postgresql and xeon.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
> [mailto:] On Behalf Of
> Steinar H. Gunderson
> Sent: 30 mai 2005 12:55
> To: 
> Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Postgresql and xeon.
>
> On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 09:19:40AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > Search the archives of this list.   This has been discussed
> ad nauseum.
> > www.pgsql.ru
>
> I must admit I still haven't really understood it -- I know
> that it appears on multiple operating systems, on multiple
> architectures, but most with Xeon CPUs, and that it's
> probably related to the poor memory bandwidth between the
> CPUs, but that's about it. I've read the threads I could find
> on the list archives, but I've yet to see somebody pinpoint
> exactly what in PostgreSQL is causing this.
>
> Last time someone claimed this was bascially understood and
> "just a lot of work to fix", I asked for pointers to a more
> detailed analysis, but nobody answered.  Care to explain? :-)

Same here archives references are just overview but no real data....
to where and why, i would state pg 7.4.8 and kernel 2.6 with preemptive scheduler
and dual xeon 3.2 ghz 6 gig of ram.


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