On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:43:55 -0800, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On 2/12/2016 2:28 PM, George Neuner wrote: >> In Linux the distinction between a "workstation" and a "server" is >> largely a matter of system configuration. Windows "desktop" and >> "server" editions are different code bases: there are no magic >> settings that can make one equivalent to the other. > >thats not actually true, the kernels are built from the same code base, Technicality: the "code base" may be the same but the _code_ is not. Corresponding[*] desktop and server editions install different code for a number of key modules. This is easily verified by comparing the installations. [*] server 2008 <> windows 7 server 2012 <> windows 8 Haven't seen server 2016 yet. >but there are internal settings that change the behavior defaults in the >scheduler, like prioritizing services vs the desktop. these settings >have been obfuscated, at one time you could tweak them in the registry. You still can tweak a great many things IFF you know how. But it isn't (and never was) possible to tweak a desktop into a server. George -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general