Re: Hardware recommendations

From: Barry S <barry(at)nospam(dot)4(dot)me(dot)thx>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Hardware recommendations
Date: 2004-09-28 15:29:08
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Gentoo, in my opinion, makes a poor production platform. Others have had
success with it, but I would recommend 1 of the big 3 'stable' linux
platforms out there:

* RHES
* SUSE
* Debian

As far as hardware goes, IBM has some nice x86 intro servers that fit
into that price catagory.

-Barry

John wrote:

> I need to get a server to run Postgres, Sun's AS8 and nothing else. I am
> favouring Linux and am aiming for a cheap server (around £900 / $1600).
> Does anyone have recommendations for a) Hardware and b) Distro. I am
> inclined to use Gentoo, but that's only because I'm used to it.
>
> John

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