Re: [GENERAL] advice on buying sun hardware to run postgres - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [GENERAL] advice on buying sun hardware to run postgres
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Msg-id 199905041639.MAA26839@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] advice on buying sun hardware to run postgres  (Chris Bitmead <chris.bitmead@bigfoot.com>)
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> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > There is.  Linux/*BSD use only a big kernel lock, or
> > several big kernel locks.
>
> I think you're talking silly. BSD has one big lock, but my count there
> are around 60 locks in Linux 2.2. Solaris has thousands of locks.
>
>

OK, *BSD has one, Linux has 60, and Solaris has thousands.  This was my
point.

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