Re: which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem
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In response to Re: which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem  (Geoffrey <esoteric@3times25.net>)
Re: which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem  ("Guillaume Smet" <guillaume.smet@gmail.com>)
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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Geoffrey,
>
>> I recall a reference on the list indicating that newer Xeon processors
>> don't suffer from the context switching problem reported last year.
>
> Just to be clear, it's a software problem which affects all architectures,
> including AMD and Sparc.  It's just *worse* on the PIII and P4 generation
> Xeons.
>

Also isn't it pretty much *not* a problem with current versions of
PostgreSQL?

Joshua D. Drake

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