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Thomas Chille

2005-05-27, 11:23 am

Hi,

we are planning to use Postgresql 8.0 on a SUN Fire v40z Server with 4
SingleCore Opterons. It will be later replaced by an DualCore
Opterons.

Would you prefer using Solaris or Linux?

Thanks in Advance,
Thomas

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Tony Caduto

2005-05-27, 1:23 pm

Both are good, I guess it depends what kind of expertise you have around
or are willing to pay for.

For me I would pick Linux because it is easier to install and maintain,
and there is much more articles etc on the web.
For a bullet proof Linux Install you could use CentOS which is a clone
of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or for really good performance you could
also use Gentoo, I actually run all my PG servers on Gentoo and it is
great, very easy to update and maintain.

You could also use FreeBSD, but I am not sure how well it would work
with a 4 way system.

Thomas Chille wrote:

>Hi,
>
>we are planning to use Postgresql 8.0 on a SUN Fire v40z Server with 4
>SingleCore Opterons. It will be later replaced by an DualCore
>Opterons.
>
>Would you prefer using Solaris or Linux?
>
>Thanks in Advance,
>Thomas
>
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Miguel Miranda

2005-05-27, 1:23 pm

Thomas Chille wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we are planning to use Postgresql 8.0 on a SUN Fire v40z Server with 4
> SingleCore Opterons. It will be later replaced by an DualCore
> Opterons.
>
> Would you prefer using Solaris or Linux?
>
> Thanks in Advance,
> Thomas
>
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I would use FreeBSD instead, im not sure if their SMP kernel supports 4
processors though.

May be a FreeBSD user could elaborate on this, what about 5.4?


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