Обсуждение: Postgresql on Solaris versus Linux
I know PostgreSQL favorite platform is Linux. Management at my workplace
might is interested on trying PostgreSQL on Solaris. To me, it's like
moving Oracle from Solaris platform to IBM AIX platform. PostgreSQL
should work fine in either platforms; however the vast majority of
implementation (and thus support, experience, etc) on Linux. Does anyone
know whether having PostgreSQL on Solaris would be a bad idea?
Thanks,
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Husam
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Tomeh, Husam wrote: > I know PostgreSQL favorite platform is Linux. Management at my workplace > might is interested on trying PostgreSQL on Solaris. To me, it's like > moving Oracle from Solaris platform to IBM AIX platform. PostgreSQL > should work fine in either platforms; however the vast majority of > implementation (and thus support, experience, etc) on Linux. Does anyone > know whether having PostgreSQL on Solaris would be a bad idea? > We run Postgres on a cluster of Sun V1280's running Solaris 9 and have no issues. We also run Postgres on Linux machines, but also plan to use x86 Solaris 9 on an commidity server. Naomi -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naomi Walker Chief Information Officer Eldorado Computing, Inc. nwalker@eldocomp.com 602-604-3100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Courage is the power to let go the familiar. -Raymond Lindquist ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE -- This message is intended for the sole use of the individual and entity to whom it is addressed, and may contain informationthat is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intendedaddressee, nor authorized to receive for the intended addressee, you are hereby notified that you may not use, copy,disclose or distribute to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received thismessage in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email, and delete the message. Thank you.
Solaris is highly attuned to running threaded applications, and PostgreSQL is not that sort of application. So you're definitely not playing to Solaris' strengths. Solaris is one of the platforms that has been noted for suffering from context switch slowdowns when hit with a lot of concurrent traffic, similar to Intel multiprocessor Xeons. I'd not go so far as to call it a _bad_ idea. But if I was paying the premium prices for that class of hardware, I think I'd rather have a PowerPC system... -- (reverse (concatenate 'string "gro.gultn" "@" "enworbbc")) http://linuxfinances.info/info/slony.html "Optimization hinders evolution." -- Alan Perlis