-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] Per conto di Reid Thompson
Inviato: mercoledì 1 agosto 2007 15.15
A: paolo@ecometer.it
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Oggetto: Re: [GENERAL] Linux distro
On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 13:29 +0200, paolo@ecometer.it wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I bought a Dell server and I am going to use it for installing
> PostgrSQL 8.2.4. I always used Windows so far and I would like now to
> install a Linux distribution on the new server. Any suggestion on
> which distribution ? Fedora, Ubuntu server, Suse or others?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Paolo Saudin
>
>
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> TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to
> choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not
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>Is this going to be a production server. or a learning server, or a i'm
>learning all things linux server/desktop?
This is going to be a test server holding meteorological data (100 tables
with 1-2 millions rows each) that will serve as a kind of replica/backup
for others databases (pull data from an FTP server via perl scripts). No
matter for data loss since all the other databases are backed-up on a
daily basis.
>If it's a dedicated production server, look at UBUNTU 6.10 server.
>If you're planning to connect a monitor and run X-windows ( i.e. I
>bought a server, but i'm going to use it as a learning platform for
>LINUX in general also), i'd suggest either UBUNTU 6.10 or 7.04 desktop
>( or, start with the 6.10 server, and use apt/synaptic/etc to add
>whatever additional packages you want )
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>TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to
> choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not
> match
