"Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> forwards:
> 4. Cygwin PostgreSQL is perceived to have poor performance. I have
> never done any benchmarks regarding this issue, but apparently Terry
> Carlin (from the defunct Great Bridge) did:
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-cygwin/2001-08/msg00029.php
> Specifically, he indicates the following:
> BTW, Up through 40 users, PostgreSQL under CYGWIN using the TPC-C
> benchmark performed very much the same as Linux PostgreSQL on the
> exact hardware.
It should be noted that the benchmark Terry is describing fires up
N concurrent backends and then measures the runtime for a specific query
workload. So it's not measuring connection startup time, which is
alleged by some to be Cygwin's weak spot. Nonetheless, I invite the
Postgres-on-Cygwin-isn't-worth-our-time camp to produce some benchmarks
supporting their position. I'm getting tired of reading unsubstantiated
assertions.
regards, tom lane