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PG, the new server feels ultra responsive, tell us the specs please

by tferris on 2/16/13, 10:52 AM with 2 comments

Any information about the setup and architecture is highly appreciated. Thanks!

  • by X4 on 2/16/13, 12:31 PM

    I'd like to know more about their TCP/IP Stack changes in the Kernel and their sysctl.conf settings :)

  • by pestaa on 2/17/13, 12:35 AM

    From http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5233445

        Old server: two Xeon E5450 chips, 3.0 GHz, 8 cores total, 24 GB RAM.

    New server: one Xeon E5-2690 chip, 2.9 GHz, 8 cores total, 32 GB RAM.