David.Bear@xxxxxxx (David Bear) writes: > wanting to avoid religious warfare, I'm curious if there may be some > who would have recommendations for what operating system is 'best' to > run postgresql 8.x on.. I've used postgresql 7.x on FreeBSD. It was > already. But, I'm getting sucked into the linux world and have found > Suse 9.3 a pretty good distro. > > Since I've chosen a packaged distro, I realize that I depend upon > 'them' to keep me updated with criticals and other bug fixes wrt > postrgresql. > > That may be consider bad by some, good by others. > > I'm more concerned though about the complete experience, i.e. > postgresql performance on Linux vs Bsd vs Windows... > Maintainability.. Stability... os tweeks that were really needed to > make pg work well, etc. > > I would really like to hear from those who have used postgresql on > multiple operating systems.. You're going to be fundamentally better off if you go with a system that you can more readily support than one that is unfamiliar to you. In particular, if you want to use more or less esoteric hardware features like in-OS RAID or volume management systems, or to tweak filesystem parameters, you're going to have better luck with a system you're already familiar with. The one clear "quasi-religous" argument to be made is that it is highly preferable to head to some Unix-like system for "production" as opposed to Windows, as there simply isn't the long history of Windows-based deployments to nail down OS-related issues. -- (format nil "~S@~S" "cbbrowne" "acm.org") http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/sap.html Rules of the Evil Overlord #78. "I will not tell my Legions of Terror "And he must be taken alive!" The command will be: ``And try to take him alive if it is reasonably practical.''" <http://www.eviloverlord.com/>
