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

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From: Bruce Momjian <maillist @ candle.pha.pa.us> on 05/04/99
12:39 PM
To: Chris Bitmead <chris.bitmead @ bigfoot.com>@SMTP(at)EXCHANGE
cc: pgsql-general @ postgreSQL(dot)org(at)SMTP@EXCHANGE
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] advice on buying sun hardware to run
postgres

> 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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