Re: Linux vs FreeBSD

From: Stuart Bishop <stuart(at)stuartbishop(dot)net>
To: François Beausoleil <francois(at)teksol(dot)info>
Cc: Forums postgresql <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: 2014-04-10 07:37:47
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On 4 April 2014 11:03, François Beausoleil <francois(at)teksol(dot)info> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Does PG perform that much better on FreeBSD? I have some performance issues on a Ubuntu 12.04 which I'd like to resolve. iowait varies a lot, between 5 and 50%. Does FreeBSD better schedule I/O, which could alleviate some of the issues, or not at all? I have no experience administering FreeBSD, but I'm willing to learn if I'll get some performance enhancements out of the switch.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is being released in a few days and you might have
more success with its newer kernel. And try different schedulers if
you haven't already - IIRC switching to deadline resolved one of our
load problems.

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Stuart Bishop <stuart(at)stuartbishop(dot)net>
http://www.stuartbishop.net/

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