-----Messaggio originale----- Da: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Per conto di Reid Thompson Inviato: mercoledì 1 agosto 2007 15.15 A: paolo@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Oggetto: Re: Linux distro On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 13:29 +0200, paolo@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello, > > I bought a Dell server and I am going to use it for installing > PostgrSQL 8.2.4. I always used Windows so far and I would like now to > install a Linux distribution on the new server. Any suggestion on > which distribution ? Fedora, Ubuntu server, Suse or others? > > Thanks in advance, > Paolo Saudin > > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to > choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not > match >Is this going to be a production server. or a learning server, or a i'm >learning all things linux server/desktop? This is going to be a test server holding meteorological data (100 tables with 1-2 millions rows each) that will serve as a kind of replica/backup for others databases (pull data from an FTP server via perl scripts). No matter for data loss since all the other databases are backed-up on a daily basis. >If it's a dedicated production server, look at UBUNTU 6.10 server. >If you're planning to connect a monitor and run X-windows ( i.e. I >bought a server, but i'm going to use it as a learning platform for >LINUX in general also), i'd suggest either UBUNTU 6.10 or 7.04 desktop >( or, start with the 6.10 server, and use apt/synaptic/etc to add >whatever additional packages you want ) >---------------------------(end of >broadcast)--------------------------- >TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to > choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not > match ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
