Re: Linux Distributions

From: Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: Peter Darley <pdarley(at)kinesis-cem(dot)com>
Cc: Ian Barwick <barwick(at)gmx(dot)net>, Pgsql-Admin <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Linux Distributions
Date: 2002-03-07 11:45:31
Message-ID: 1015501531.21923.163.camel@linda
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On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 00:02, Peter Darley wrote:
> Ian,
> By better I guess I mean faster. I'm looking to get the most speed out of
> my database without having to invest in new hardware.
> Thanks,
> Peter Darley

You would be better off building your own. Debian, at least, configures
PostgreSQL with locales and multibyte, which make it more useful to
international community but which slow it down to some extent.

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