Re: which Xeon processors don't have the context switching problem

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>

From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Cc: Geoffrey <esoteric@3times25.net>
Date: 2007-02-23T21:30:56Z
Lists: pgsql-performance
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.

-- 
--Josh

Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco