Hi, More CPU cores means more concurrency. This is good if you need to handle high query rates.
Faster cores mean lower query latency, assuming you are not bottlenecked by memory or disk IO or network IO. So what is ideal for you depends on your concurrency and latency needs. Otis Solr & ElasticSearch Support http://sematext.com/ On Oct 1, 2013 9:33 AM, "adfel70" <adfe...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi > We're building a spec for a machine to purchase. > We're going to buy 10 machines. > we aren't sure yet how many proccesses we will run per machine. > the question is -should we buy faster cpu with less cores or slower cpu > with more cores? > in any case we will have 2 cpus in each machine. > should we buy 2.6Ghz cpu with 8 cores or 3.5Ghz cpu with 4 cores? > > what will we gain by having many cores? > > what kinds of usages would make cpu be the bottleneck? > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/solr-cpu-usage-tp4092938.html > Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >