From: Chris <dmagick@gmail.com>
To: david@lang.hm
Cc: David Levy <dvid.levy@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Best OS for Postgres 8.2
Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 11:14:48 +1000
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david@lang.hm wrote:
> On Tue, 8 May 2007, Chris wrote:
>
>> David Levy wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am about to order a new server for my Postgres cluster. I will
>>> probably get a Dual Xeon Quad Core instead of my current Dual Xeon.
>>> Which OS would you recommend to optimize Postgres behaviour (i/o
>>> access, multithreading, etc) ?
>>>
>>> I am hesitating between Fedora Core 6, CentOS and Debian. Can anyone
>>> help with this ?
>>
>> Use the one you're most comfortable with.
>>
>> I don't think you'll notice *that* much difference between linux
>> systems for performance - but whether you're comfortable using any of
>> them will make a difference in managing it in general.
>
> the tuneing that you do (both of the OS and of postgres) will make more
> of a difference then anything else.
Which is why it's best to know/understand the OS first ;)
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