Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD

Bart McFarling wrote:
> We are installing a new Postgresql server, it will not run anything else
> but postgresql. We are currently looking at moving from a RHEL 4.0
> system to FreeBSD.
>
> Does one OS offer better performace over the other when running
> postgresql?

I'd guess the crucial thing will be:
1. Your experience in admin-ing each.
2. Hardware support for each.

Some theoretical advantage isn't any use if your RAID array has poor
drivers on Linux or you don't know how to tune Free-BSD.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd