Re: intel vs amd benchmark for pg server part 2 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Curt Sampson
Subject Re: intel vs amd benchmark for pg server part 2
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Msg-id Pine.NEB.4.43.0204272023350.445-100000@angelic.cynic.net
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In response to intel vs amd benchmark for pg server part 2  (postgres@vrane.com)
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On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 postgres@vrane.com wrote:

> Another gripe I have is that vacuum process does not eat up 100%
> of cpu.  In the beginning it peaks around 80% and at the end
> it is stuck around 20%.

That's because your disk subsystem is too slow for the machine.
Put in a disk subsystem that doesn't slow down the machine, and
you'll use all your CPU.

Then you can complain about not using all your disk I/O capacity.

Performance bottlenecks never go away. You can only move them around.

cjs
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