Re: Linux distro

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Da: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] Per conto di Reid Thompson
Inviato: mercoledì 1 agosto 2007 15.15
A: paolo(at)ecometer(dot)it
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Oggetto: Re: [GENERAL] Linux distro

On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 13:29 +0200, paolo(at)ecometer(dot)it wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I bought a Dell server and I am going to use it for installing
> PostgrSQL 8.2.4. I always used Windows so far and I would like now to
> install a Linux distribution on the new server. Any suggestion on
> which distribution ? Fedora, Ubuntu server, Suse or others?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Paolo Saudin
>
>
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>Is this going to be a production server. or a learning server, or a i'm
>learning all things linux server/desktop?

This is going to be a test server holding meteorological data (100 tables
with 1-2 millions rows each) that will serve as a kind of replica/backup
for others databases (pull data from an FTP server via perl scripts). No
matter for data loss since all the other databases are backed-up on a
daily basis.

>If it's a dedicated production server, look at UBUNTU 6.10 server.
>If you're planning to connect a monitor and run X-windows ( i.e. I
>bought a server, but i'm going to use it as a learning platform for
>LINUX in general also), i'd suggest either UBUNTU 6.10 or 7.04 desktop
>( or, start with the 6.10 server, and use apt/synaptic/etc to add
>whatever additional packages you want )

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