Richard Broersma <richard.broersma@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Tony McC <afmcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> most stable platform for that RDBMS. For Oracle, that's HP-UX (but 10 >>> years ago, it was Solaris). For PostgreSQL, it's Linux. >> I am interested in this response and am wondering if this is just >> Dave's opinion or some sort of official PostgreSQL policy. >> I really don't want to start a Linux vs >> FreeBSD flame war (I like Linux and use that too, though not for >> database use), I am just intrigued by the claim that Linux is somehow >> the natural OS for running PostgreSQL. > I would wager that this response is a tad flame-bait-"ish". Indeed. It's certainly not "project policy". Given the Linux kernel hackers' apparent disinterest in fixing their OOM kill policy or making write barriers work well (or at all, with LVM), I think arguing that Linux is the best database platform requires a certain amount of suspension of disbelief. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
