> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:20 PM > To: Dann Corbit > Cc: Felde Norbert; pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Scott Marlowe > Subject: Re: postgres crash SOS > > Dann Corbit <DCorbit@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> (Personally I'd never run a database I cared about on Windows.) > > > Somehow, I doubt that Windows is to blame. For instance, Oracle and > SQL*Server seem to run fine on Windows without this sort of problem. > > Really? Are you front-line support for either, so that you can say > that they "never" have this sort of problem on the basis of any actual > evidence? Our failure rate on Windows is probably pretty low too, > it's just that we only hear about non-working cases here. I have worked as a DBA for large farms of database systems. > (Perhaps more to the point, if they don't have problems, it's likely > because they tell their customers how to configure Windows boxes safely > before the fact. And people who are spending the money for an Oracle > license will heed that advice.) > Care was taken in selection of hardware and configuration. Is this different for any database system? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
