Re: Freebsd vs linux and hardware question

I have seen (developed and worked on) postgresql installations on freeBSD
in HUGE enterprise environments in which numerous IDS and Vuln Assessment
appliances where pounding it with data by the second - and it did not fall
(many instances with F100+ clients). We were running raid5 as well, and
webserver and DB were all local to one machine. Have yet to test on Linux.
Like FreeBSD alot though. So do the folks a Apple, they moved from the mach
kernel to a FreeBSD kernel - for whatever that's worth. This may not answer
your question, but I hope it gives you confidence that FreeBSD and Postgres
are a workable combo at the very least.

Regards,
Richard Seiersen
rich67dev(at)hotmail(dot)com

>From: Dror Matalon <dror(at)zapatec(dot)com>
>To: sfpug(at)postgresql(dot)org
>Subject: [sfpug] Freebsd vs linux and hardware question
>Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:23:01 -0700
>
>
>Hi Folks,
>
>Any opinions on the advantages/disadvantages of running postgres on
>Linux vs running it on freebsd?
>
>Also, under either OS would a dual processor machine run faster than a
>single processor one. For the most part, I know that databases are IO
>bound rather than CPU, bound so more memory and more and faster disks
>are a main issue. Still, it seems like being able to use multiple cpus
>could improve performance.
>
>Finally, is SCSI still such a big improvement over modern IDE drives?
>
>Dror
>
>
>--
>Dror Matalon, President
>Zapatec Inc
>1700 MLK Way
>Berkeley, CA 94709
>http://www.zapatec.com

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