Free BSD may be a toy, maybe not, but it runs more of the webhosting
domains than any other OS.
Ron Johnson wrote:
>On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 16:28, Gregory S. Williamson wrote:
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>>One of our sysads sent this link ... wondering if there is any comment on it from the world of actual users of linux
anda database.
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>><http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1738&ncid=738&e=9&u=/zd/20030825/tc_zd/55311>
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>"Weak points include lack of available tools, ease of use and ease
>of installation"
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>Sounds like he needs point-and-drool tools...
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>On the other hand, could even a beefy Linux 2.4 *today* system handle
>a 24x7 500GB db that must process 6-8M OLTP-style transactions per
>day, while also getting hit by report queries?
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>Don't think of this as a troll, because I really don't know, even
>though I do know that MVS, OpenVMS & Solaris can. (I won't even
>ask about toys like Windows and FreeBSD.)
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