Re: Linux v.s. Mac OS-X Performance - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Sam Mason
Subject Re: Linux v.s. Mac OS-X Performance
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Msg-id 20071112172937.GR1955@frubble.xen.chris-lamb.co.uk
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In response to Re: Linux v.s. Mac OS-X Performance  (Steve Wampler <swampler@noao.edu>)
Responses Re: Linux v.s. Mac OS-X Performance  ("Scott Marlowe" <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>)
Re: Linux v.s. Mac OS-X Performance  (Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com>)
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On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 10:14:46AM -0700, Steve Wampler wrote:
> Also, what kernel are you using with CentOS 5 - a 32-bit (with hugemem
> to support the 8GB) or a 64-bit?  And which was PostgreSQL compiled for?

You don't need a 32bit kernel to support 8GB of memory should you? As
long as the kernel supports PAE that should be enough to make use of it.
You only need a 64bit address space when each process wants to see more
than ~3GB of RAM.


  Sam

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