Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD

From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: Bart McFarling <bartm(at)iilogistics(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD
Date: 2006-11-10 11:24:24
Message-ID: 45546168.4070409@archonet.com
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Bart McFarling wrote:
> We are installing a new Postgresql server, it will not run anything else
> but postgresql. We are currently looking at moving from a RHEL 4.0
> system to FreeBSD.
>
> Does one OS offer better performace over the other when running
> postgresql?

I'd guess the crucial thing will be:
1. Your experience in admin-ing each.
2. Hardware support for each.

Some theoretical advantage isn't any use if your RAID array has poor
drivers on Linux or you don't know how to tune Free-BSD.

--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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