Re: best OS and HW for postgreSQL

jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com ("Joshua D. Drake") writes:

> Scott Marlowe wrote:
>> On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 20:18 -0400, Jim Nasby wrote:
>>> On Sep 22, 2006, at 6:12 PM, Raul Retamozo wrote:
>>>> Hi everyone on the list. I want to know what is the reccommended
>>>> OS to work with PostgreSQL , on specific with PostGIS:
>>>> One more question is about what HW (server) offers the best
>>>> performance for a Web Map Server bases on PostGIS and mapserver.
>>> In general, you're probably best off running whatever OS you're
>>> most comfortable with.
>> I'd amend that to say whatever flavor of unix you're most comfortable
>> with.
>
> Well honestly that isn't true either.

No, I think it's still true.

It seems to me that you're better off using an OS that you're
competent with than leaping out of the "region of competence."

Is it better to get a 15% speedup, but then have the system fall over
because you don't know how to keep it up to date with patches for
recent CERT reports? In many cases, I wouldn't think so...
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