X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (wm.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0E539FB2F4 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 13:45:24 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 22651-02 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 16:45:15 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from exchange.g2switchworks.com (mail.g2switchworks.com [63.87.162.25]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C7A29FB1F8 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 13:45:14 -0300 (ADT) Received: from 10.10.1.37 ([10.10.1.37]) by exchange.g2switchworks.com ([10.10.1.2]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 16:45:13 +0000 Received: from state.g2switchworks.com by mail.g2switchworks.com; 09 Aug 2006 11:45:13 -0500 Subject: Re: Hardware upgraded but performance still ain't good From: Scott Marlowe To: David Lang Cc: "Joshua D. Drake" , Alex Turner , Alvaro Nunes Melo , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: References: <44D7B958.6030004@atua.com.br> <33c6269f0608072333o67ab6adei29095091718901dc@mail.gmail.com> <20060808120529.GL20016@kenobi.snowman.net> <20060809103012.GN20016@kenobi.snowman.net> <44D9DA20.3010506@commandprompt.com> <44DA0CFD.6080308@commandprompt.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1155141913.20252.96.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:45:13 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=SPF_PASS, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200608/157 X-Sequence-Number: 20342 On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 11:37, David Lang wrote: > On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > >>> Ahh and which companies would these be? As a representative of the most > >>> prominent one in the US I can tell you that you are not speaking from a > >>> knowledgeable position. > >> > >> note I said many, not all. I am aware that your company does not fall into > >> this catagory. > > > > I know, but I am curious as to *what* companies. Any reputable PostgreSQL > > company is going to support Linux as a whole except maybe some fringe distros > > like Gentoo or RedFlag. Not to mention FreeBSD and Solaris. > > I'm not going to name names in public, but I will point out that different > companies definitions of what constatutes 'fringe distros' are different. > For some any linux other then RedHat Enterprise or SuSE is a fringe distro > (with SuSE being a relativly recent addition, for a while RedHat were > frequently the only supported distro versions) > > and please note, when I'm talking about support, it's not just postgresql > support, but also hardware/driver support that can run into these problems I've run into this as well. Generally speaking, the larger the company, the more likely you are to get the "we don't support that" line.