Re: minimum hardware requirements for small postgres db - Mailing list pgsql-novice

Yes, I do remember Gary Kildall, S100 Bus, breadboarding and hex keyboard programming and am glad to have left it behind long ago.  I just want my computer as a tool, and to look under the bonnet as little as is necessary, hence my attraction to the Windows environment for its onset, where the most obvious UI choices are clearly presented.   I try not to pour money into anything, have not invested in new MS software for a while now, and will probably not invest in Windows 8 judging for the initial reviews.  will be offline for maybe a week now due to travel.

On 22 February 2013 16:36, Gavin Flower <GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz> wrote:

On 22/02/13 19:13, Paul Smith wrote:

Thanks for your advice.  It is very interesting you were able to run pg on a SD card in a RasPi !    In addition to Wolgang's last reply, that confirms I was misinformed last year when I originally settled on pg as my 1st choice, hsqldb being 2nd choice, but then rejected pg in favour of hsqldb, as told the former needs stronger hw than I use.

Regarding yours and Gavin's recommendation I change to Linux, I have made such an investment in Windows ever since it overlayed DOS, use so many Windows dependant programs, it would be a major investment in time to start again in Linux.

I have monitored the progress of Linux, particularly Ubuntu over the decades, and sadly have always found some reason not to change.  I stopped using big desktops years ago due to travel needs, and read a big problem using Linux on new laptops/nettops was lack of Driver support from manufacturers ... causing lots of headaches.  Recently, I read the change of 'Desktop' to Unity needs maturing. I do realise open-source encourages healthy creativity, and so diversity, but just the other week I read 'fragmentation' of Linux into so many flavours causes big problems supporting Apps.

Another reason your mention of pg on RasPi was so interesting, is I am thinking to buy something smaller than a Nettop, to use primarily as a media-streamer to TV, but also be a 'backup computer'  in case my Nettop breaks - as it just has.  The choice on ARM hw has to be Linux or the Android fork. If ARM, I was thinking of the Tegra3 based OUYA, unless a T4 or other faster SoC alternative becomes available.  So following the news on development of Ubuntu for ARM devices with interest.

So as per my last post to Wolfgang, I will install pg once my Nettop repaired or replaced.

Thanks,  Paul

On 21 February 2013 15:00, Matt Musgrove <MMusgrove@efji.com> wrote:

I regularly use PostgreSQL on a system with an Atom processor and 4GB of RAM and running CentOS (no problems even on the one box with only 2GB of RAM). I have even tinkered with PostgreSQL on a Raspberry Pi with 256 MB of RAM running off of an 8 GB SD card.

 

I agree with everyone else that moving to Linux will be a wise decision both for security and usability.

 

HTH,

Matt

 

From: pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Paul Smith
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 7:50 AM
To: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Subject: [NOVICE] minimum hardware requirements for small postgres db

 

I am having difficulty finding documentation stating the minimum hardware requirements to run pg under Windows. (I did look in the FAQ & User Manual)

 

I seek an open source RDBMS with close adherance to ANSI standards, good free graphic design tools for drawing of the ER Diagram, validation of the ERD model, and generation of the SQL required to build the DB.

 

I only want to design a few small DB Apps using about 20 tables, for single-user offline environment, hopefully runnable on Nettop class hardware under WinXP or Win7 32bit.  

 

I want to access the db via a Forms driven GUI and a Report-writer with features comparable to old versions of Access, but preferably also open-source.

 

 If Atom class nettop not sufficient, would like to know the minimum class of CPU, RAM, GPU required.

 

Thank you in advance for any assistance

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Microsoft is on the way out: it has already lost the mobile & servers wars to Linux, and with Metro it is trying hard (& succeeding) in losing the Laptop&Desktop wars!  So Linux is the future.  In 20 years Microsoft will be as well known as CP/M (http://www.digitalresearch.biz/CPM.HTM) is now - at one stage CP/M was the dominant O/S for business use.  I predict that the start of the demise of Microsoft will be well established and common knowledge by Christmas 2014.

So I suggest you have a migration strategy, as pouring more money into Microsoft is beginning to be counter productive.  The Microsoft ecosystem is already fragmented, if you look carefully.  Some major games companies are already abandoning Microsoft in favour of Linux.

I am typing this on a Linux Laptop from ZaReason: http://zareason.co.nz/Verix-530.html
You could look at: http://zareason.com

I currently use the Mate Desktop Environment in Fedora 17.


Cheers,
Gavin