>>>>> "SW" == Steve Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SW> However, after all that's already been done, I'm not optimistic that it's SW> going to preclude needing the new server. I'm just surprised that nobody SW> seems to have used PostgreSQL on a quad-Opteron before! I think people saturate the disks before the CPUs. I know I certainly do, even with 4GB RAM and a fair number of shared buffers. Dual CPUs are more then plenty for our usage patterns. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockville, MD +1-301-869-4449 x806 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org