Re: FreeBSD and Linux - Mailing list pgsql-ports

From Thomas Lockhart
Subject Re: FreeBSD and Linux
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Msg-id 3AA50397.C2183B7D@alumni.caltech.edu
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In response to FreeBSD and Linux  ("David Comeau" <dcomeau@wisol.com>)
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> Is there anyone, or maybe this subject has been brooched once before, who
> shed some light on the differences of the FreeBSD and Linux ports? In
> particuler, which version is faster.

If you are running Linux, then of course that one is faster.

However, if you are running FreeBSD, then you already know that it is
faster.

*grin*

I am not aware of any controlled tests done to compare the two wrt
PostgreSQL. So the starting hypothesis *must* be that they are both
equivalent in speed on the same hardware. Any differences would be at
the OS level, and it would be difficult to go from a list of
architectural or implementation differences to a claim for speed
superiority, without realistic testing.

                   - Thomas

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