Re: [CYGWIN] Platform Testing - Cygwin - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Dave Page
Subject Re: [CYGWIN] Platform Testing - Cygwin
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Msg-id FED2B709E3270E4B903EB0175A49BCB1047381@dogbert.vale-housing.co.uk
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Responses Re: [CYGWIN] Platform Testing - Cygwin  (Jason Tishler <jason@tishler.net>)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hannu Krosing [mailto:hannu@tm.ee]
> Sent: 14 December 2001 18:31
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: 'Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD'; lockhart@fourpalms.org;
> pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [CYGWIN] Platform Testing - Cygwin
>
>
>
> Dave Page wrote:
>
> >Although the original test was in Windows XP on a single
> processor box,
> >the final tests that all passed were on Windows 2000 Server
> running on
> >a Dual PIII 933MHz box with 1Gb of RAM. The motherboard is
> an MSI Pro
> >694D.
> >
> Has anyone done any tests comparing PostgreSQL on Win32 and *NIX
> platforms on
> same/similar hardware ?
>
> I suspect that the initial connect could be slower on Win32 due to
> reported slowness of
> fork() there, but are there other issues ?

I believe one of the guys at Greatbridge wroteup some benchmark results
comparing Cygwin/*nix. I don't know where they can be found though but I've
got a hunch Jason might have them(?).

Regards, Dave.

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