| From: | Dennis Gearon <gearond(at)fireserve(dot)net> |
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| To: | Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> |
| Cc: | PgSQL General ML <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Linux ready for high-volume databases? |
| Date: | 2003-08-26 15:00:07 |
| Message-ID: | 3F4B75F7.6030306@fireserve.net |
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Free BSD may be a toy, maybe not, but it runs more of the webhosting
domains than any other OS.
Ron Johnson wrote:
>On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 16:28, Gregory S. Williamson wrote:
>
>
>>One of our sysads sent this link ... wondering if there is any comment on it from the world of actual users of linux and a database.
>>
>><http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1738&ncid=738&e=9&u=/zd/20030825/tc_zd/55311>
>>
>>
>
>"Weak points include lack of available tools, ease of use and ease
>of installation"
>
>Sounds like he needs point-and-drool tools...
>
>On the other hand, could even a beefy Linux 2.4 *today* system handle
>a 24x7 500GB db that must process 6-8M OLTP-style transactions per
>day, while also getting hit by report queries?
>
>Don't think of this as a troll, because I really don't know, even
>though I do know that MVS, OpenVMS & Solaris can. (I won't even
>ask about toys like Windows and FreeBSD.)
>
>
>
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