From: | Volodymyr Kostyrko <c(dot)kworr(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Ivan Voras <ivoras(at)freebsd(dot)org> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: what Linux to run |
Date: | 2012-03-02 15:20:48 |
Message-ID: | 4F50E550.6050504@gmail.com |
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Ivan Voras wrote:
> On 28/02/2012 17:57, mgould(at)isstrucksoftware(dot)net wrote:
>> Our application runs on Windows, however we have been told that we can
>> pick any OS to run our server on. I'm thinking Linux because from
>> everything I've read, it appears to be a better on performance and there
>> are other features like tablespaces which we could take advantage of.
>> On our hosted solution, the application runs in a Software as a Service
>> model and being able to keep each companies tables in their own table
>> space would be nice. Additionally it appears that there are a lot more
>> ways to tune the engine if we need to than under windows, plus the
>> capability to hold more connections.
>>
>> If we move to Linux, what is the preferred Linux for running Postgres
>> on. This machine would be dedicated to the database only.
>>
>> I'd like a recommendation for both a GUI hosted version and a non-GUI
>> version. I haven't used Linux in the past but did spend several year s
>> in a mixed Unix and IBM mainframe environment at the console level.
>
> Hi,
>
> PostgreSQL administration would not benefit much from a GUI, as it is
> basically centered around editing and tuning configuration files (either
> its or the OS's).
>
> For Linux, if you want stability and decent performance, you should
> probably choose either CentOS, or if you want commercial support, Red
> Hat Enterprise Linux (which is basically the same thing, only commercial).
>
> Personally, I'd recommend FreeBSD (it's not a Linux, it's more
> Unix-like) but I'm probably biased ;)
+1 from me.
http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/kernel/2011-11/msg00017.html
Nice numbers with a choice, BSD excel not in numbers but in stability
surviving all tests.
--
Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow.
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