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From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
To: Ron <rjpeace@earthlink.net>
Cc: Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com>,
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Subject: Re: New to PostgreSQL, performance considerations
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In response to Ron <rjpeace@earthlink.net>:
> 
> 3= Daniel van Ham Colchete is running Gentoo.  That means every SW 
> component on his box has been compiled to be optimized for the HW it 
> is running on.
> There may be a combination of effects going on for him that others 
> not running a system optimized from the ground up for its HW do not see.

http://www.potentialtech.com/wmoran/source.php

You get an idea of how old these tests are by the fact that the latest
and greatest was FreeBSD 4.9 at the time, but I suppose it may still
be relevent.

-- 
Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.