Re: Best OS for Postgres 8.2
Chris <dmagick@gmail.com>
From: Chris <dmagick@gmail.com>
To: david@lang.hm
Cc: David Levy <dvid.levy@gmail.com>, pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Date: 2007-05-08T01:14:48Z
Lists: pgsql-performance
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 ;) -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/