Sorry last e-mail didnt contain all text for whatever reason it should be like this: ---------- Hello MC,
any results yet by any chance ? What conclusion did you get out of your test ? There is another threat going on with the subject line "Re: best-performing CPU + platform for MySQL now? Opteron? OpenBSD? SuSE?" I am sure that anybody will appreciate any comments on the hot discussed topic. Best regards Nils Valentin Tokyo/Japan www.be-known-online.com/mysql ----------- > On Tuesday 27 July 2004 12:39, bad corn wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Recently our company has purchased a dual amd64 opteron machine for mysql > > server purpose. > > It seems that there are not many os choices for us. > > > > Here is the list of OS that we are going to test (in listed order): > > - debian (amd64) > > - fedora2 (amd64) > > - suse (amd64 or 32bit mode) > > - solaris9 (32bit x86 mode) > > - debian (32bit mode) > > > > FreeBSD is temporary not on our list because I have done some simple > > testing on FreeBSD/AMD64, and it was a nightmare... unfortunately we > > didn't have time to conduct the thing more thoroughly so we gave it up. > > We don't want to run freebsd in 32bit mode + linuxthreads. > > > > Debian is our first choice, but on the Debian/AMD64 howto, it is stated > > that the port is still in beta stage. Does anyone have experiences with > > debian/amd64 + mysql? I would love to know if mysql will run on it before > > giving it a try.. > > > > Here are the questions that I have: > > 1) What is the reason that mysql doc suggest people to use SuSE? I > > believe it is the kernel and libc that matters, but it seemed to me that > > most of the mysql/amd64 development and benchmarks are carried out on > > SuSE, RedHat or their derivatives. > > 2) Whether the distro has thousands of applications is not relevant to > > us, because we will be running mysqld on the box only. > > 3) Perhaps if anyone on this list would suggest me stick to 32bit os at > > the moment? > > > > Personally speaking, I don't like RedHat and SuSE (sorry but I am not > > here to start a distro war :)), so I would like to stay away from them as > > much as possible. Plus I have no experience with them at all. > > > > Besides, I heard from someone that Solaris10 will be quite good for MySQL > > purpose, could anyone comment on this? And if it is really good, does > > anyone know when is it going to be available to the public? Even beta > > releases are ok. > > > > I am new to the AMD64 world, and so I would love to hear from all of you. > > Thanks all :) > > > > Cheers, > > mc. -- kind regards Nils Valentin Tokyo/Japan http://www.be-known-online.com/mysql/ -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
