Re: [GENERAL] advice on buying sun hardware to run postgres

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Chris Bitmead <chris(dot)bitmead(at)bigfoot(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] advice on buying sun hardware to run postgres
Date: 1999-05-04 16:39:57
Message-ID: 199905041639.MAA26839@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > There is. Linux/*BSD use only a big kernel lock, or
> > several big kernel locks.
>
> I think you're talking silly. BSD has one big lock, but my count there
> are around 60 locks in Linux 2.2. Solaris has thousands of locks.
>
>

OK, *BSD has one, Linux has 60, and Solaris has thousands. This was my
point.

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