Re: Linux 2.6 kernel, tuned for use with databases -
От | Ron Johnson |
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Тема | Re: Linux 2.6 kernel, tuned for use with databases - |
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Msg-id | 1055128204.5508.50.camel@haggis обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Linux 2.6 kernel, tuned for use with databases - does that apply to Postgresql too? (Martin_Hurst@dom.com) |
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Re: Linux 2.6 kernel, tuned for use with databases -
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Список | pgsql-general |
On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 08:21, Martin_Hurst@dom.com wrote: > I was reading the following Information Week article: > http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10100565&pgno=2 > > ------------------------------------------------ > Linux is likely to make inroads in the enterprise with the release later > this year of the 2.6 kernel, tuned for use with databases, Witham says. > Changes to the Linux 2.6 kernel will let programs access more data with > greater reliability and run heavier processing loads. It will improve the > performance of databases on eight- and 16-way symmetric multiprocessor > servers, include new file systems that provide faster access to data with > greater reliability, and make it easier to manage and configure storage on > large arrays. > ------------------------------------------------ > > Are there plans to have Postgresql take advantage of the new Linux 2.6 > kernel? Since PostgreSQL is a Unix RDBMS, not a Linux DBMS, and already uses multiple CPUs if possible, does it really matter how Linux changes? Shouldn't PG automatically take advantage of new features, maybe after a backup/restore to new disk drives/filesystems? -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: ron.l.johnson@cox.net | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | Regarding war zones: "There's nothing sacrosanct about a | | hotel with a bunch of journalists in it." | | Marine Lt. Gen. Bernard E. Trainor (Retired) | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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