From: | Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> |
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To: | PgSQL General ML <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: is linux ready for databases ? (Ziff Davis article |
Date: | 2003-08-26 17:08:42 |
Message-ID: | 1061917722.18108.105.camel@haggis |
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On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 08:47, Mike Mascari wrote:
> Gregory S. Williamson wrote:
>
> > One of our sysads sent this link ... wondering if there
> > is any comment on it from the world of actual users
> > of linux and a database.
> >
> > <http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1738&ncid=738&e=9&u=/zd/20030825/tc_zd/55311>
>
> I found the following paragraph humorous:
>
> "A key component that needs further development is the threading model
> used by the system kernel, Binstock said. Multithreading is crucial to
> running an enterprise database. Without it, a database would have to
> handle every data query as it comes in, keeping all other queries
> waiting in queue, since the system would be incapable of parallel
> processing."
Absolutely. Multi-threaded OSs are a lot younger than enterprise-
level multi-user databases...
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