Greg Smith wrote: > Right, this is why I only rely on Linux deployments using a name I > trust: Dell. > > Returning to reality, the idea that there are brands you can buy that > make all your problems go away is rather optimistic. The number of > "branded" servers I've seen that are just nearly or completely worthless > for database use is rather depressing. Well, of course, they won't make *all* your problems go away. But still, I'd much rather have an IBM or HP or Dell server running Windows 2003 or RHEL or SLES than some no-name hardware running Fedora or Ubuntu. -- M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P), WOM I've never met a happy clam. In fact, most of them were pretty steamed. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance