Re: High CPU Load - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Guillaume Smet
Subject Re: High CPU Load
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Msg-id 1d4e0c10609150310i740c20acv3407485dc362dbed@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: High CPU Load  (Markus Schaber <schabi@logix-tt.com>)
List pgsql-performance
On 9/15/06, Markus Schaber <schabi@logix-tt.com> wrote:
> For xeons, there were rumours about "context switch storms" which kill
> performance.

It's not that much a problem in 8.1. There are a few corner cases when
you still have the problem but on a regular load you don't have it
anymore (validated here with a quad Xeon MP and a dual Xeon).

--
Guillaume

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