Re: Linux

David Siebert <david@xxxxxxxxxx> · Fri, 05 Nov 2010 09:50:14 -0400



    I would say that if you pick any of the big four you will be fine.

    CentOS

    Ubuntu Server LTS

    Red Hat

    Suse

    Debian can also be a good choice.

    We used to be an OpenSuse shop but we are now moving everything to
    Ubuntu Server LTS. I can not say enough good things about CentOS as
    far as stability and long support times.

    
    On 11/4/2010 11:00 AM, Michael Gould wrote:
    
      I know that this is probably a "religion" issue but we are
        looking to move Postgres to a Linux server.  We currently have a
        Windows 2008 R2 active directory and all of the other servers
        are virtualized via VMWare ESXi.  One of the reasons is that we
        want to use a 64 bit Postgres server and the UUID processing
        contrib module does not provide a 64 bit version for Windows.  I
        would also assume that the database when properly tuned will
        probably run faster in a *inx environment.
      What and why should I look at certain distributions?  It
        appears from what I read, Ubanta is a good desktop but not a
        server.
       
      Best Regards
      
      Michael Gould, Managing Partner

        Intermodal Software Solutions, LLC
      904.226.0978
      904.592.5250 fax