| From: | GH <grasshacker(at)over-yonder(dot)net> |
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| To: | Ryan Mahoney <ryan(at)paymentalliance(dot)net> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Ideal hardware configuration for pgsql |
| Date: | 2001-05-02 23:52:30 |
| Message-ID: | 20010502185230.A27648@over-yonder.net |
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On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 11:35:13PM +0100, some SMTP stream spewed forth:
> Our db server running 7.1 got *torched* today, system ran between 30% an
> 80% CPU all day! Right now the server is running on a Penguin Computing
> 800mhz PIII w/ 128 ram and IDE hardware.
>
> Tomorrow I'd like to place an order for something more robust... looking
> into dual PIII, gig of ram and SCSI Raid. Planning on running Red Hat 7.1
> on this machine.
I think that anyone whose opinion matters would recommend running
something *other* than RedHat. FreeBSD is an excellent operating system
and is well suited to a PostgreSQL environment.
gh
*snip*
> You're input is tremendously appreciated!
>
> -r
>
> Ryan Mahoney
> CTO, Payment Alliance, Inc.
> ryan(at)paymentalliance(dot)net
> t. 718-721-0338
> m. 718-490-5464
> www.paymentalliance.net
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