Quad Xeon vs. Dual Itanium - Mailing list pgsql-general

From John Gibson
Subject Quad Xeon vs. Dual Itanium
Date
Msg-id 4027B8BD.50704@edgate.com
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Responses Re: Quad Xeon vs. Dual Itanium  (Doug McNaught <doug@mcnaught.org>)
plperlu and 'use' statement scope question  (Stephen Howard <stephen@thunkit.com>)
Re: Quad Xeon vs. Dual Itanium  (James Moe <jimoe@sohnen-moe.com>)
Re: Quad Xeon vs. Dual Itanium  (Joshua Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Re: Quad Xeon vs. Dual Itanium  ("scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>)
Re: Quad Xeon vs. Dual Itanium  (William Yu <wyu@talisys.com>)
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Hi, all.

I need to upgrade my dual Xeon PostgreSQL engine.

Assuming similar memory and disk sub-systems, I am considering a Quad
Xeon system vs. a Dual Itanium for PostgreSQL.  I believe that the
PostgreSQL code is written for 32 bit and not optimized for the 64 bit
Itanium cpu.  That makes me think that the Xeon system would be a better
choice.

Do any of you have thoughts on:

1. Straight performance capability
2. Price/Performance


I would appreciate any feedback you might have.


...john


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