Re: Linux ready for high-volume databases?

On 26 Aug 2003 at 8:12, Ron Johnson wrote:

> On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 03:06, Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> > If linux isn't limited to intel, probably yes. Of course, that does not carry
>
> I think the worry is more about the kernel than anything else.
> After all, an 8-way 2.8GHz Xeon w/ 16GB RAM and a bunch of 64-bit
> 66MHz PCI Ultra320 SCSI controllers or SAN HBAs can handle that much
> database, I think.

Hmm.. I would say a 64 bit CPU will make a difference as well.

I am impressed by 2.6. Yesterday I installed 2.6.0-test4. Full postgresql CVS
head compile took 9 min 18 sec on 2.4.20 and 7 min 14 sec on 2.6.0-test4.
Impressive.

I am going to run pgbench on it. That will add another dimention to 7.3.4 v/s
7.4beta1 performance bouts.

Bye
Shridhar

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