Josh, However, the two extra cores (even if slower), will greatly help if you > have any kind of concurrency. >
as much as I understand with running Postgres in the default configuration, there *will* be concurrency, without an "if" ? I am thinking of the background writer, the autovacuum process, the log writer and finally the connection serving process. ... quite sure of that "default concurrency" because I had to explain those basic 5 postgres.exe to at least 8 Windows Admins... My non-benchmarked experience is that "multicore and postgres good" (experience mainly drawn from windows) Harald -- GHUM Harald Massa persuadere et programmare Harald Armin Massa Spielberger Straße 49 70435 Stuttgart 0173/9409607 fx 01212-5-13695179 - EuroPython 2008 will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania - Stay tuned!