> At 04:30 PM 7/5/01 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >I have purchased the Solaris source code from Sun for $80. (I could
> >have downloaded it for free after faxing them an 11 page contract, but I
> >decided I wanted the CD's.) See the slashdot story at:
> >
> > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/30/1224257&mode=thread
> >
> >My hope is that I can use the source code to help debug Solaris
> >PostgreSQL problems. It includes source for the kernel and all user
> >programs. The code is similar to *BSD kernels. It is basically Unix
> >SvR4 with Sun's enhancements. It has both AT&T and Sun copyrights on
> >the files.
>
> Bruce,
>
> We are about to roll out PostgreSQL on Solaris, and I am interested in any
> Solaris specific gotcha's. Do you have some specifics in mind, or was this
> just general preventive maintenance type steps?
Preventative. I have heard Solaris has higher context switching and that
may effect us because we use processes instead of threads.
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