For non-postgresql applications, the Suns are
typically faster than the HPs. While direct
comparisons are always dangerous, the SPARC
chips are clocked at about 2-3 times what
the PA-RISC chips are.
The postgresql performance on Solaris is
an order of magnitude (10x) slower than
Linux x86 at same CPU clock speed.
Tom Lane wrote:
> "P.J. \"Josh\" Rovero" <rovero@sonalysts.com> writes:
>
>>We've been running equivalent configurations and schema on
>>HP-UX, Solaris, and x86 Linux, and benchmarking with
>>pgbench and some application-specific data. All testing
>>was with 7.2rc2, and all were built natively on each platform.
>>
>
>>Performance on Solaris (2.6 and 2.7) seems lackluster,
>>
>
> Seeing as how those are three different hardware platforms, one must
> wonder how sure you are that you are comparing apples to apples.
> A difference in CPU speed or disk speed could explain everything.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>
>
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