Re: Increasing RAM for more than 4 Gb. using postgresql

From: "D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain" <darcy(at)NetBSD(dot)org>
To: pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com
Cc: amrit(at)health2(dot)moph(dot)go(dot)th, wyu(at)talisys(dot)com, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Increasing RAM for more than 4 Gb. using postgresql
Date: 2005-01-18 10:38:42
Message-ID: 20050118053842.4c519be3.darcy@NetBSD.org
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 18:36:35 -0500
Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com> wrote:
> The *only* way to avoid this is to go to a 64 bit processor (opteron)
> and then
> for greater performance use a linux distribution compiled for a 64bit
> processor.

Or NetBSD (http://www.NetBSD.org/) which has been 64 bit clean since
1995 and has had the Opteron port integrated in its main tree (not as
patches to or a separate tree) since April 2003.

--
D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy(at)NetBSD(dot)org>
http://www.NetBSD.org/

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