Re: Linux vs FreeBSD

Not a great help with which Linux to run, nor Postgres focused, but may be of interest, & very relevant to the subject line..

Given the likely respective numbers of each OS actually out there, I'd suggests BSD is very over-represented in the high uptime list which is suggestive.

http://uptime.netcraft.com/perf/reports/performance/Hosters?orderby=epercent

Cheers,

Brent Wood

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From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] on behalf of Fran?ois Beausoleil [francois(at)teksol(dot)info]
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 8:36 AM
To: Bruce Momjian
Cc: Christofer C. Bell; pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Linux vs FreeBSD

Le 2014-04-09 ? 16:20, Bruce Momjian a ?crit :

On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 10:02:07AM -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote:

This highlights a more fundamental problem of the difference between a
workstation-based on OS like Ubuntu and a server-based one like Debian
or FreeBSD. I know Ubuntu has a "server" version, but fundamentally
Ubuntu's selection of kernels and feature churn make it less than ideal
for server deployments.

I am sure someone can post that they use Ubuntu just fine for server
deployments, but I continue to feel that Ubuntu is chosen by
administrators because it an OS they are familiar with on workstations,
rather than it being the best choice for servers.

I'm not a full-time sysadmin. I chose Ubuntu because I have familiarity with it, and because installing Puppet on it installed the certificates and everything I needed to get going. I tried Debian, but I had to fight and find the correct procedures to install the Puppet certificates and all. Ubuntu saved me some time back then.

Cheers!
Fran?ois