Thread: PostgreSQL and Kernel 2.6.x

PostgreSQL and Kernel 2.6.x

From
"V i s h a l Kashyap @ [Sai Hertz And Control Systems]"
Date:
Dear all,

Have anyone compiled PostgreSQL with kernel 2.6.x
if YES
1. Was their any performance gains
Else
1. Is it possible
2. What problems would keeping us away from compiling on kernel 2.6

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Re: PostgreSQL and Kernel 2.6.x

From
Rod Taylor
Date:
On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 23:16, V i s h a l Kashyap @ [Sai Hertz And
Control Systems] wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Have anyone compiled PostgreSQL with kernel 2.6.x
> if YES
> 1. Was their any performance gains

OSDL reports approx 20% improvement. I've seen similar with some data
access patterns.

> 2. What problems would keeping us away from compiling on kernel 2.6

Nothing that I know of assuming you have vendor support for it.



Re: PostgreSQL and Kernel 2.6.x

From
Rajesh Kumar Mallah
Date:
V i s h a l Kashyap @ [Sai Hertz And Control Systems] wrote:

>
> Dear all,
>
> Have anyone compiled PostgreSQL with kernel 2.6.x if YES
> 1. Was their any performance gains
> Else
> 1. Is it possible
> 2. What problems would keeping us away from compiling on kernel 2.6
>
We run pgsql on 2.6.6 there was upto 30% improvement in performance
for certain queries. None, everything works just fine.


Regds
Mallah.