Re: Large (8M) cache vs. dual-core CPUs - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Vivek Khera
Subject Re: Large (8M) cache vs. dual-core CPUs
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In response to Large (8M) cache vs. dual-core CPUs  (Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>)
Responses Re: Large (8M) cache vs. dual-core CPUs
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On Apr 25, 2006, at 2:14 PM, Bill Moran wrote:

> Where I'm stuck is in deciding whether we want to go with dual-core
> pentiums with 2M cache, or with HT pentiums with 8M cache.

In order of preference:

Opterons (dual core or single core)
Xeon with HT *disabled* at the BIOS level (dual or single core)


Notice Xeon with HT is not on my list :-)


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