In response to "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > David Levy wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am about to order a new server for my Postgres cluster. I will > > probably get a Dual Xeon Quad Core instead of my current Dual Xeon. > > Which OS would you recommend to optimize Postgres behaviour (i/o > > access, multithreading, etc) ? > > > > I am hesitating between Fedora Core 6, CentOS and Debian. Can anyone > > help with this ? > > Well you just described three linux distributions, which is hardly a > question about which OS to use ;). I would stick with the long supported > versions of Linux, thus CentOS 5, Debian 4, Ubuntu Dapper. There used to be a prominent site that recommended FreeBSD for Postgres. Don't know if that's still recommended or not -- but bringing it up is likely to start a Holy War. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/ wmoran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: 412-422-3463x4023
