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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://yi.org/peter-e/
