On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:19:33 -0800, Bricklen Anderson <BAnderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: > > > >> No difference whatsoever from PostgreSQL's point of view. Use whichever > >> distribution is easiest for you to administer. After all, there's no > >> point installing Postgres on a machine you don't know how to maintain > >> or tune :) > >> > >> > > Actually there is a difference from PostgreSQL's point of view :) > > Namely in filesystems. The default filesystem on whitebox, RHEL and > > Fedora is EXT3 which really isn't that great. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Joshua D. Drake > > Out of curiousity, which fs would you recommend for a ~terabyte oltp db? XFS without a doubt. XFS has excellent large file (and filesystem) support. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
