Thread: Performance on WindowsNT
Hello,
right now I'm evaluating the PostgreSQL and it seems to be the big bang for us.
But also it is quite important to have a good performance on several platforms
i.e. WindowsNT , Linux etc.
My question now is: Is there a difference in performance? I read on Windows it is running
using CygWin, are there any experiences of disadvantages because of that?
Also I read it was a Java database, so my question: Is it a Java database or is it done
in C++?
Thanks for your help
Erwin Selg
On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Erwin Selg wrote: > Also I read it was a Java database, so my question: Is it a Java > database or is it done in C++? Where did you read this? The server itself is written completely in C, while there are JDBC, ODBC, C++, tcl, etc interfaces available ...
On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Erwin Selg wrote: > But also it is quite important to have a good performance on several > platforms i.e. WindowsNT , Linux etc. > > My question now is: Is there a difference in performance? We often have on and off discussions about this, so a look in the archives for specific tuning ideas, etc. is a good idea. What it usually comes down to is * fast disk * good filesystem * lots of memory * fast CPU * more than one CPU * all the other usual stuff all depending on your particular application. There are some anecdotes about some operating systems being all in all better suited than others but I won't join the speculation here. A faster box will always do. -- Peter Eisentraut Sernanders väg 10:115 peter_e@gmx.net 75262 Uppsala http://yi.org/peter-e/ Sweden