From: | Bill Moran <wmoran(at)collaborativefusion(dot)com> |
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To: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
Cc: | David Levy <dvid(dot)levy(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Best OS for Postgres 8.2 |
Date: | 2007-05-07 22:04:01 |
Message-ID: | 20070507180401.033fbc38.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com |
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In response to "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>:
> 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 ?
>
> Well you just described three linux distributions, which is hardly a
> question about which OS to use ;). I would stick with the long supported
> versions of Linux, thus CentOS 5, Debian 4, Ubuntu Dapper.
There used to be a prominent site that recommended FreeBSD for Postgres.
Don't know if that's still recommended or not -- but bringing it up is
likely to start a Holy War.
--
Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.
http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/
wmoran(at)collaborativefusion(dot)com
Phone: 412-422-3463x4023
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