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Re: Best OS for Postgres 8.2

David Lang <david@lang.hm>

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From: david@lang.hm
To: Chris <dmagick@gmail.com>
Cc: David Levy <dvid.levy@gmail.com>, pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Date: 2007-05-08T00:53:29Z
Lists: pgsql-performance 
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.

David Lang