Re: Request for comment...

RedHat 7.2
PostgreSQL 7.2
Dual Pentium III, with 256MB RAM (really need 512MB as a minimum), SCSI
drives.

4 Million insert in one month and still going.

Remeber to VACUUM ANALYZE (very important for the planner). Use the
tuning tips to tune at least shared_buffers, and sort_mem.

On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, William Meloney wrote:

> My previous post was a knee jerk reaction to a crash of Postmaster. I did not list it
> but Postmaster was named in the crash dump. The top of the message is repeated
> here...
>
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
> 00000073
> *pde = 00000000
> Oops = 0002
> cpu = 0
> eip = 0010:[<e080c060>]
> eflags = 00010206
> ...
> ...
> ...
>
> My request for comment is comprised of three parts...
>
> 1.) What hardware should I consider when looking at Linux? I know this is a broad
> question but the answer is simple. What hardware are you using to run you Linux
> implementation?
>
> 2.) What Linux distribution is best suited for running PostgreSQL? Again, what
> distro are you using?
>
> 3.) Is PostgreSQL well suited for the acquisition and storage of 24/7 insert-once,
> never-update-or-delete data? (Approximately 4 million records inserted from Jan 1
> to Mar 31)
>
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