Bill Moran wrote:
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.
Heh... I doubt it will start a war. FreeBSD is a good OS. However, I
specifically noted the Dual Xeon Quad Core, which means, 8 procs. It is
my understanding (and I certainly could be wrong) that FreeBSD doesn't
handle SMP nearly as well as Linux (and Linux not as well as Solaris).
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
