Received: from localhost (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EA2E9FB8F0 for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 09:26:37 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 55877-09 for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 09:26:21 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.178]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 154B89FB629 for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 09:26:31 -0300 (ADT) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id a73so1509334pye for ; Tue, 08 May 2007 05:26:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:reply-to:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=jww06R3szr/L9PnGbG6/1WpG20h0LSPOYEFtDkGulgpR1flEVpwmUpWc9zyA07Q/nrtiBma1LS2AXoPl68IAF97oNzsbRe9ZDLw0Zyu8JorVOCKaNz1kQYrsOcp/xmanDM8QQnCC+T+DOX569V41tja2vau4WiGVi1udRm8G6xQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:subject:from:reply-to:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=aS9fl/9gZG7I4Vhg/4SigKr3qQauqO44W/SKNKQ0kJNhgH0OVW4o7lJcT/XGi8/4WLhkjfo4pZqwlebiL4YgnfYkPlOz6MRJUxs6E9a9/j3Oq6FuRC9Lt9S46lmVjqsEc9TzauX0aw3k7yETGEnpFNGx4Q7nPvAOBP9TjxuU4X0= Received: by 10.35.27.2 with SMTP id e2mr689866pyj.1178627190745; Tue, 08 May 2007 05:26:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.83? ( [206.114.45.106]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 17sm7359670nzo.2007.05.08.05.26.28; Tue, 08 May 2007 05:26:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [OT] Best OS for Postgres 8.2 From: Adam Tauno Williams Reply-To: adamtaunowilliams@gmail.com To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <4640572D.3030408@netsyncro.com> References: <1178574927.533849.90730@e51g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <463FFF76.5070108@gmail.com> <464039AD.40407@inamo.no> <464050F5.3070802@inamo.no> <4640572D.3030408@netsyncro.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 08:25:25 -0400 Message-Id: <1178627125.4274.4.camel@aleph.whitemice.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200705/114 X-Sequence-Number: 24504 > I'm really not a senior member around here and while all this licensing > stuff and underlying fs between OSs is very interesting can we please > think twice before continuing it. Agree, there are other lists for this stuff; and back to what one of the original posters said: it doesn't matter much. [Also not a regular poster, but I always gain something from reading this list.] Most people who really go into OS selection / FS selection are looking for a cheap/silver bullet for performance. No such thing exists. The difference made by any modern OS/FS is almost immaterial. You need to do the slow slogging work of site/application specific optimization and tuning; that is where you will find significant performance improvements. - Adam Tauno Williams, Network & Systems Administrator Consultant - http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com Developer - http://www.opengroupware.org