| From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org> |
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| To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org, Matt Clark <matt(at)ymogen(dot)net>, Tom Fischer <tom(dot)fischer(at)ebuz(dot)de> |
| Subject: | Re: OS desicion |
| Date: | 2004-10-21 22:14:57 |
| Message-ID: | 20041021221457.GJ68407@decibel.org |
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On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 09:38:51AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Tom,
>
> > You are asking the wrong question. The best OS is the OS you (and/or
> > the customer) knows and can administer competently.
>
> I'll have to 2nd this.
I'll 3rd but add one tidbit: FreeBSD will schedule disk I/O based on
process priority, while linux won't. This can be very handy for things
like vacuum.
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Jim C. Nasby, Database Consultant decibel(at)decibel(dot)org
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