Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Richard Huxton
Subject Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD
Date
Msg-id 45546168.4070409@archonet.com
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In response to Linux vs. FreeBSD  ("Bart McFarling" <bartm@iilogistics.com>)
Responses Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD  (Péter Kovács <peter.kovacs@chemaxon.hu>)
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Bart McFarling wrote:
> We are installing a new Postgresql server, it will not run anything else
> but postgresql. We are currently looking at moving from a RHEL 4.0
> system to FreeBSD.
>
> Does one OS offer better performace over the other when running
> postgresql?

I'd guess the crucial thing will be:
1. Your experience in admin-ing each.
2. Hardware support for each.

Some theoretical advantage isn't any use if your RAID array has poor
drivers on Linux or you don't know how to tune Free-BSD.

--
   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd

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