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 ;)

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