Re: Linux v.s. Mac OS-X Performance

From: Sam Mason <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Linux v.s. Mac OS-X Performance
Date: 2007-11-12 17:29:37
Message-ID: 20071112172937.GR1955@frubble.xen.chris-lamb.co.uk
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On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 10:14:46AM -0700, Steve Wampler wrote:
> Also, what kernel are you using with CentOS 5 - a 32-bit (with hugemem
> to support the 8GB) or a 64-bit? And which was PostgreSQL compiled for?

You don't need a 32bit kernel to support 8GB of memory should you? As
long as the kernel supports PAE that should be enough to make use of it.
You only need a 64bit address space when each process wants to see more
than ~3GB of RAM.

Sam

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