Received: from localhost (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4F329FA667 for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:50:34 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23216-01 for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:50:20 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-254.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.254]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADCB19FA356 for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:50:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (or-67-76-146-141.sta.embarqhsd.net [67.76.146.141]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l2NFoKaT004100 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:50:20 -0700 Message-ID: <4603F77D.1050705@commandprompt.com> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:51:25 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070103) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Lane CC: Paolo Negri , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: linux - server configuration for small database References: <10427.1174662306@sss.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <10427.1174662306@sss.pgh.pa.us> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.5/2865/Sun Mar 18 08:27:48 2007 on projects.commandprompt.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (lists.commandprompt.com [192.168.2.159]); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:50:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200703/368 X-Sequence-Number: 23773 Tom Lane wrote: > "Paolo Negri" writes: >> The first question I have is, since I'd strongly prefer to use >> postgresql 8.1 or 8.2 instead of the 7.4 that comes with redhat, if >> someone else is using with success third party rpms with success in >> business critical applications. > > Red Hat does support postgres 8.1 on RHEL4: > http://www.redhat.com/appstack/ And so does the community: http://ftp9.us.postgresql.org/pub/mirrors/postgresql/binary/v8.1.8/linux/rpms/redhat/ http://ftp9.us.postgresql.org/pub/mirrors/postgresql/binary/v8.2.3/linux/rpms/redhat/ Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/