Tim, > In the MySQL manual it says that MySQL performs best with Linux 2.4 with > ReiserFS on x86. Can anyone official, or in the know, give similar > information regarding PostgreSQL?
PostgreSQL runs on a lot more platforms than MySQL; it's not even reasonable to compare some of them, like rtLinux, AIX or Cygwin. The only reasonable comparative testing that's been done seems to indicate that: Linux 2.6 is more efficient than FreeBSD which is more efficient than Linux 2.4 all of which are significantly more efficient than Solaris, and ReiserFS, XFS and JFS *seem* to outperform other Linux journalling FSes. However, as others have said, configuration and hardware will probably make more difference than your choice of OS except in extreme cases. And all of the above is being further tested, particularly the filesystems. -- --Josh Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---------------------------(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