Re: Best suiting OS

From: Scott Mead <scott(dot)lists(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8(at)verizon(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql performance <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Best suiting OS
Date: 2009-10-06 20:20:26
Message-ID: d3ab2ec80910061320n7ebeb37bwa47f569ad66eb085@mail.gmail.com
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> If you run Redhat, I would advise the most recent; i.e., Red Hat Enterprise
> Linux 5, since they do not add any new features and only correct errors.
> CentOS is the same as Red Hat, but you probably get better support from Red
> Hat if you need it -- though you pay for it.
>

The other thing to take into consideration is the number of vendors who
release drivers for linux distros. Typically, RHEL and SLES get the
quickest release of drivers for things like network cards, storage cards,
etc...

--Scott

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