Re: postgresql amd-64

I'm hoping I'll have the opportunity to build a similar machine soon and am
wondering about the choice of 64 bit distributions.

Gentoo is obviously a possibility but I'm also condsidering Debian. There is
also a 64 compile of redhat sources somewhere around, but I can't remember
what they call it offhand.

If anyone has opinions about that, I'd be happy to hear.

regards
Iain

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Ceregatti" <daniel(at)omnis(dot)com>
To: "Merlin Moncure" <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 3:23 AM
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] postgresql amd-64

>I have two dual opteron 248's with 4g of ram each, 6x36G 15k rpm ultra
> 320 scsi disks in hardware raid 5, and they are by far the fastest
> machines I've user used. As far as this "headache" of using 64 bit
> Linux, I've experienced no such thing. I'm using gentoo on both
> machines, which are dedicated for postgres 7.4 and replicated with
> slony. They're both quite fast and reliable. One machine even runs a
> secondary instance of pg, pg 8 beta4 in this case, for development,
> which also runs quite well.
>
> Daniel
>
> Merlin Moncure wrote:
>
>>Does anybody have any experiences with postgresql 7.4+ running on amd-64
>>in 64 bit mode? Specifically, does it run quicker and if so do the
>>performance benefits justify the extra headaches running 64 bit linux?
>>
>>Right now I'm building a dual Opteron 246 with 4 gig ddr400.
>>
>>Merlin
>>
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