Thread: Postgres 8 vs Postgres 7.4/cygwin

PostgreSQL 8 for windows faster AND more reliable :)

Chris

Scott Goldstein wrote:
> I'm currently trying to make a decision on whether to use the Cygwin
> port of Postgres 7.4 or Postgres 8.0 for a windows installation.  Can
> someone provide some comparison info from a performance point of view?
> I was thinking that the Cygwin port has the overhead of the translation
> layer, but 8.0 is a newer product and may still have performance issue.
> Can anyone comment on this?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Scott

Scott Goldstein <sgoldstein@apache.org> writes:
> I'm currently trying to make a decision on whether to use the Cygwin port of Postgres 7.4 or Postgres 8.0 for a
windowsinstallation.  Can someone provide some comparison info from a performance point of view?  I was thinking that
theCygwin port has the overhead of the translation layer, but 8.0 is a newer product and may still have performance
issue. Can anyone comment on this?   

Well, the performance issues of the cygwin-based releases are the stuff
of legend ;-).  New product or no, this is really a no-brainer.

            regards, tom lane