Re: what Linux to run

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:57 AM, <mgould(at)isstrucksoftware(dot)net> wrote:

> Our application runs on Windows, however we have been told that we can
> pick any OS to run our server on. I'm thinking Linux because from
> everything I've read, it appears to be a better on performance and there
> are other features like tablespaces which we could take advantage of.
> On our hosted solution, the application runs in a Software as a Service
> model and being able to keep each companies tables in their own table
> space would be nice. Additionally it appears that there are a lot more
> ways to tune the engine if we need to than under windows, plus the
> capability to hold more connections.
>
> If we move to Linux, what is the preferred Linux for running Postgres
> on. This machine would be dedicated to the database only.
>
> I'd like a recommendation for both a GUI hosted version and a non-GUI
> version. I haven't used Linux in the past but did spend several year s
> in a mixed Unix and IBM mainframe environment at the console level.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Michael Gould
> Intermodal Software Solutions, LLC
> 904-226-0978
>
>
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If you're going to use it for anything important, go with a
mainstream distribution with commercial support available.
RedHat, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu are the most popular choices, its going to
be easier to get system admins and chances are good that if you have a
problem, someone else has had it and solved it before.

-Adam