Slower MySQL inserts for AMD64/Opteron?

[David Xu]

MySQL's default table type MYISAM is not designed for concurrent insertion
from multiple threads, can you test it against InnoDB type ?

David Xu

ray at redshift.com wrote:


>I think it's just a little odd that the AMD would be twice as fast with selects
>yet 20% slower on inserts.  As far as variables, both machines are running
>pretty much the same config.  I'm going to install i386 on the AMD and re-run
>the tests to see if the problem has to do with something in i386 vs. AMD64.
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