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linux/bsd
Richard Boyes <r.boyes@auckland.ac.nz> — 2001-04-08T23:00:04Z
Hello all, I'm in the process of making some decisions as to what OS I should be using for a product that development will begin on soon. It's a web based thing using postgres, apache etc and will be all on one machine. My question is to what operating system would be a better one to use for postgres. ie linux/bsd. I know postgres works fine on both but some opinion from the postgres developer community as to which OS they prefer would have a bearing on this decision. PS sorry in advance for posting a question that might spark a lot of opinions. Thanks Richard.
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Re: linux/bsd
Brett W. McCoy <bmccoy@chapelperilous.net> — 2001-04-09T00:54:26Z
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Richard Boyes wrote: > I'm in the process of making some decisions as to > what OS I should be using for a product that development > will begin on soon. It's a web based thing using postgres, > apache etc and will be all on one machine. > > My question is to what operating system would be a better > one to use for postgres. ie linux/bsd. > > I know postgres works fine on both but some opinion > from the postgres developer community as to which OS > they prefer would have a bearing on this decision. I've only used it on Linux, so I can only vouch for that. BSD has a better reputation for stability and robustness, so for the ultimate server, BSD may be your best choice (this isn't to say Linux is stable and robust, because it is). You will find better hardware support for Linux, because there is more stuff that will run under Linux than will run under FreeBSD. This is probably not at ahll helpful! I'd say just pick one and go with it. -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/btfwk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A rolling stone gathers momentum.
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Re: linux/bsd
Justin Clift <jclift@iprimus.com.au> — 2001-04-09T02:06:15Z
Hi Richard, Solaris 8 INTEL is very stable and free for commercial use : http://www.sun.com/solaris/ You can download it directly from the web too (full version, no timeouts or anything holding back): http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/download.html It's kind of picky about which hardware it will work on though. There is a list at : http://soldc.sun.com/support/drivers/hcl/8/101/BOOK.htm If you have hardware it likes, I'd go with Solaris INTEL, otherwise one of the BSD crowd (known for stability) or Linux. Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift Richard Boyes wrote: > > Hello all, > > I'm in the process of making some decisions as to > what OS I should be using for a product that development > will begin on soon. It's a web based thing using postgres, > apache etc and will be all on one machine. > > My question is to what operating system would be a better > one to use for postgres. ie linux/bsd. > > I know postgres works fine on both but some opinion > from the postgres developer community as to which OS > they prefer would have a bearing on this decision. > > PS sorry in advance for posting a question that might > spark a lot of opinions. > > Thanks > Richard. > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi -
Re: linux/bsd
Marc Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> — 2001-04-09T02:51:38Z
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Justin Clift wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Solaris 8 INTEL is very stable and free for commercial use : > http://www.sun.com/solaris/ > > You can download it directly from the web too (full version, no timeouts > or anything holding back): > http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/download.html > > It's kind of picky about which hardware it will work on though. There > is a list at : > http://soldc.sun.com/support/drivers/hcl/8/101/BOOK.htm > > If you have hardware it likes, I'd go with Solaris INTEL, otherwise one > of the BSD crowd (known for stability) or Linux. Based on my personal experiences (University I work at is predominantly Solaris based for Unix .. .slowly shifting *muhahaha*) ... Solaris INTEL is one of the worst OSs I've had the misfortune to deal with :( Ppl complain about how the BSD OSs don't support as much hardware as Linux, but Solaris takes the cake in that department ... you have to go to Adaptec's web site to get drives if you want to use a U160 SCSI controller, as *it* isn't supported :( > > Regards and best wishes, > > Justin Clift > > Richard Boyes wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I'm in the process of making some decisions as to > > what OS I should be using for a product that development > > will begin on soon. It's a web based thing using postgres, > > apache etc and will be all on one machine. > > > > My question is to what operating system would be a better > > one to use for postgres. ie linux/bsd. > > > > I know postgres works fine on both but some opinion > > from the postgres developer community as to which OS > > they prefer would have a bearing on this decision. > > > > PS sorry in advance for posting a question that might > > spark a lot of opinions. > > > > Thanks > > Richard. > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) > > -- > "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those > who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the > first group; there was less competition there." > - Indira Gandhi > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org -
Re: linux/bsd
Chris Jones <chris@mt.sri.com> — 2001-04-09T15:46:31Z
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 11:00:04AM +1200, Richard Boyes wrote: > My question is to what operating system would be a better > one to use for postgres. ie linux/bsd. As far as PG is concerned, it doesn't really matter; PG will run very nicely on any unix. In my experience, Sun's machines have better I/O than anybody's PCs, but you pay a price for that. Also, PG will probably run just fine on a cheap commodity PC -- an expensive PC should do even better. You should probably choose your OS based on the OS itself, not on PG. Basically, what are you going to be able to manage most effectively? For me, the clear choice is NetBSD. For others, the choice is different. But the reliability of your database is going to depend on the reliability of your OS, which is going to depend (partially) on how familiar and comfortable you are with it. Chris -- chris@mt.sri.com ----------------------------------------------------- Chris Jones SRI International, Inc. www.sri.com -
Re: linux/bsd
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> — 2001-04-09T16:33:01Z
Richard Boyes writes: > My question is to what operating system would be a better > one to use for postgres. ie linux/bsd. More important things to worry about are a fast disk, a modern file system, lots of memory, lots of CPU. The operating system ends up being a matter of taste mostly. -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net http://yi.org/peter-e/
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Re: linux/bsd
Justin Clift <jclift@iprimus.com.au> — 2001-04-09T17:07:01Z
Hi Marc, No argument there. Solaris 8 is a LOT better then previous versions in regards to driver support, but still a long way behind *BSD, linux, Windows, etc. BUT, if you've got hardware it DOES work on... it's really nice. Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Justin Clift wrote: > > > Hi Richard, > > > > Solaris 8 INTEL is very stable and free for commercial use : > > http://www.sun.com/solaris/ > > > > You can download it directly from the web too (full version, no timeouts > > or anything holding back): > > http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/download.html > > > > It's kind of picky about which hardware it will work on though. There > > is a list at : > > http://soldc.sun.com/support/drivers/hcl/8/101/BOOK.htm > > > > If you have hardware it likes, I'd go with Solaris INTEL, otherwise one > > of the BSD crowd (known for stability) or Linux. > > Based on my personal experiences (University I work at is predominantly > Solaris based for Unix .. .slowly shifting *muhahaha*) ... Solaris INTEL > is one of the worst OSs I've had the misfortune to deal with :( Ppl > complain about how the BSD OSs don't support as much hardware as Linux, > but Solaris takes the cake in that department ... you have to go to > Adaptec's web site to get drives if you want to use a U160 SCSI > controller, as *it* isn't supported :( > > > > > Regards and best wishes, > > > > Justin Clift > > > > Richard Boyes wrote: > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I'm in the process of making some decisions as to > > > what OS I should be using for a product that development > > > will begin on soon. It's a web based thing using postgres, > > > apache etc and will be all on one machine. > > > > > > My question is to what operating system would be a better > > > one to use for postgres. ie linux/bsd. > > > > > > I know postgres works fine on both but some opinion > > > from the postgres developer community as to which OS > > > they prefer would have a bearing on this decision. > > > > > > PS sorry in advance for posting a question that might > > > spark a lot of opinions. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Richard. > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > > > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) > > > > -- > > "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those > > who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the > > first group; there was less competition there." > > - Indira Gandhi > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) > > > > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy > Systems Administrator @ hub.org > primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi