iirc redhat has been busy optimizing postgresql, but if you take the time and sit down, and configure postgres, you can prolly make it just as speedy on any distro.
just my .02 Matrix ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Ruhl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Peter Darley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Pgsql-Admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 4:01 PM Subject: Re: Linux Distributions > On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Peter Darley wrote: > > > Andy, > > I've got nothing against FreeBSD, except that I'm familiar with Linux and > > not with BSD. What is it about FreeBSD that is going to make it faster than > > Linux? Any idea where I can find some comparative benchmarks? > > Thanks, > > Peter Darley > > I don't mean to start a flame war here... > > Actually, I've seen benchmarks (but don't remember where they are) that > show that Linux and FreeBSD are amazingly equal at most activities on > equivalent hardware. > > My point is, machines are faster when they are actually running. > > Andy > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
