Re: Looking for info on Solaris 7 (SPARC) specific considerations
От | Peter Eisentraut |
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Тема | Re: Looking for info on Solaris 7 (SPARC) specific considerations |
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Msg-id | Pine.LNX.4.30.0101231735050.788-100000@peter.localdomain обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Looking for info on Solaris 7 (SPARC) specific considerations (Frank Joerdens <frank@joerdens.de>) |
Список | pgsql-general |
First, you read the installation instructions. Then, if specific problems come up you send specific problem reports. But I think we have this platform pretty much covered. Good luck. Frank Joerdens writes: > I am faced with the task of installing, configuring, and tuning my > database, which is currently running under Linux, under Solaris 7 on a > brand-new and shiny Sun UltraSPARC (3 CPUs, 768 MB RAM), because the sysadmin at the site > hasn't used or installed PostgreSQL and would rather have me do it. Is > this actually supported? The FAQ (the one bundled with the 7.1 beta3 > which I'll be using) lists only: > > sparc_solaris - SUN SPARC on Solaris 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1 > > If it is supported (I don't suppose a little OS version number increment > would make a differnce here), I've never used Solaris or anything other > than Intel-based hardware and am looking for some info on what to watch > out for and consider when installing and tuning PostgreSQL on Solaris on > a SPARC plattform. Aside from the shared memory stuff in the Admin > Guide, I haven't found anything so far. Particularly, I would expect > that you could gain a significant performance boost from running the > database on a 64 bit plattform (without knowing exactly why, only > picking up on word-of-mouth and assorted hype on 64 bit architectures). > How do you get the most out of it? Would I use gcc or the native Sun > compiler (how do you control that anyway)? > > Any pointers would be much appreciated. > > Thanks, Frank > > -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net http://yi.org/peter-e/
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