Re: is linux ready for databases ? (Ziff Davis article - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Dennis Gearon
Subject Re: is linux ready for databases ? (Ziff Davis article
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In response to Re: is linux ready for databases ? (Ziff Davis article  (Mike Mascari <mascarm@mascari.com>)
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Yup, me too. Unthought out techspeak.

Mike Mascari wrote:

>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 and a database.
>>
>><http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1738&ncid=738&e=9&u=/zd/20030825/tc_zd/55311>
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>I found the following paragraph humorous:
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>"A key component that needs further development is the threading model
>used by the system kernel, Binstock said. Multithreading is crucial to
>running an enterprise database. Without it, a database would have to
>handle every data query as it comes in, keeping all other queries
>waiting in queue, since the system would be incapable of parallel
>processing."
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>Mike Mascari
>mascarm@mascari.com
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