Re: Greetings, Thinking about converting - Mailing list pgsql-general

> You should be fine on Linux. I normally would strongly *not* say to use
> Linux over FreeBSD, but as I said, -current (like a beta, only better)
> has been in sad state lately, and I do not know what later releases are
> going to look like. It should still be better than Linux, but you
> shouldn't have to learn something new if everything sucks anyway.
>

Ill be fine on FreeBSD either, I guess.

> (Of course, the fine hackers behind PostgreSQL ensure that it runs well on
> just about anything, so performance should not be an issue.)

Opinion that you dont share as I see.. but, OS and hardware appart, what
about the MSSQL vs MySQL vs PostgreSQL discussion. what you think ?

Speed is what I am lookin for


----- Original Message -----
From: "GH" <grasshacker@over-yonder.net>
To: "Miguel Angel Heredia" <tux@netwebco.com>
Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Greetings, Thinking about converting


> On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 07:31:10PM -0600, some SMTP stream spewed forth:
> > > I suggest you check out FreeBSD: www.freebsd.org.
> > > If you have no experience with either FreeBSD or some Linux variant, I
> > > would say switch to FreeBSD, otherwise use whatever you are
comfortable
> > > with other than Windows. PostgreSQL will run under Windows, but you
> > > should get better overall performance using Linux and much better
> > > performance using FreeBSD. Of course, if you need crappy hardware
> > > support, Linux is a hardware slut; but if you are working on a server
> > > farm or a serious, heavily loaded server, you would be better using
> > > high-end hardware in a FreeBSD box if not using Sun equipment and
> > > software which is probably not in your budget.
> >
> > By now im using a ProliantLM350 with a SmartArray 431 and 4 SCSI
non-hotswap
> > ultra3 disks, 20gb each one, 1gb memory , 2 933mhz procesors,
> > I have had experience with Linux.
>
> You should be fine on Linux. I normally would strongly *not* say to use
> Linux over FreeBSD, but as I said, -current (like a beta, only better)
> has been in sad state lately, and I do not know what later releases are
> going to look like. It should still be better than Linux, but you
> shouldn't have to learn something new if everything sucks anyway.
>
> (Of course, the fine hackers behind PostgreSQL ensure that it runs well on
> just about anything, so performance should not be an issue.)
>
>
> gh
>
> > >
> > > Basically, all of the operating systems have been going to hell lately
> > > (FreeBSD included, I don't know what the developers are smoking, but
damn...),
> > > so you should be fine on anything, even Windows.
> >
> > :/ ? too sad...
> > >
> > > It is unfortunate that everything has to suck so badly.
> > Yes...
> > > Cheers.
> > > gh
>