On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 10:28, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Scott Marlowe wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 20:18 -0400, Jim Nasby wrote: > >> On Sep 22, 2006, at 6:12 PM, Raul Retamozo wrote: > >>> Hi everyone on the list. I want to know what is the reccommended OS > >>> to work with PostgreSQL , on specific with PostGIS: > >>> One more question is about what HW (server) offers the best > >>> performance for a Web Map Server bases on PostGIS and mapserver. > >> In general, you're probably best off running whatever OS you're most > >> comfortable with. > > > > I'd amend that to say whatever flavor of unix you're most comfortable > > with. > > Well honestly that isn't true either. Linux is faster then Solaris for > PostgreSQL in a lot of cases. In reality... I would say the best OS for > PostgreSQL is either Linux or FreeBSD. Win32 is great for a small > installation or development. > > The Solaris argument may change for 8.2, I don't know. Seems the same thing is true for other databases (the one that cannot be named comes to mind). > > > > Much more important is your disk subsystem. Using an Areca RAID > > controller with battery backed cache and a half dozen or more hard > > drives is often the real winner for performance. > > Yes, LSI and 3Ware are also good. I am particularly fond of LSI but > Areca has PCI-Express cards which means you can put them on cheaper > motherboards :) I too have a soft spot in my heart for LSI MegaRAID cards. They've never treated me badly.
