Re: Solaris

From: Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz>
To: Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar_daithankar(at)persistent(dot)co(dot)in>, ianh(at)tpchd(dot)org
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Solaris
Date: 2003-04-25 02:03:24
Message-ID: 3EA8976C.9050408@paradise.net.nz
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Shridhar Daithankar wrote:

>Just one real advice, from what I have heard on lists. If the sun machine
>supports, install linux rather than solaris. Apparently linux on sparc is far
>faster than solaris, at least at lower to middle end.
>
Any idea how much faster (and in what areas)?

>Besides postgresql and
>solaris have had performance issues in past.
>
>
I believe this is all *sorted* now :-) The issue was the qsort library
bundled with Solaris - Postgresql now supplies its own. So Solaris is ok
for Postgresql (I think quite a few folk actually use this combination).

best wishes

Mark

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  • Re: Solaris at 2003-04-23 15:14:02 from Shridhar Daithankar

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  • Re: Solaris at 2003-04-25 02:54:50 from Andrew Sullivan
  • Re: Solaris at 2003-04-25 17:37:21 from scott.marlowe

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