[GENERAL] Still wondering about random numbers...

2001-08-07 Thread Dr. Evil
I am running on OpenBSD and Linux, both of which have cryptographic-quality RNGs built in. When I call RANDOM() in PG, do I get the old C library random numbers, which are not very random, or do I get high-quality random numbers from the crypto-RNG that's built in? Any sugestions for getting hig

[GENERAL] minimum hardware for Postgresql Install

2001-08-07 Thread Michael
Whats the minimum hardware anyone has installed Postgresql on ? Someone is thowing out some old pc's and thought I might make use of one. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://www.postgresql.org/search.mpl

Re: [GENERAL] minimum hardware for Postgresql Install

2001-08-07 Thread Frank Joerdens
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 08:25:49PM +1000, Michael wrote: > Whats the minimum hardware anyone has installed Postgresql on ? > Someone is thowing out some old pc's and thought I might make use of > one. I tried once to compile some 6.x.x version of Postgresql on a 486SX with 33 Mhz and 8 MB RAM. Th

Re: [GENERAL] minimum hardware for Postgresql Install

2001-08-07 Thread Einar Karttunen
On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Frank Joerdens wrote: > On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 08:25:49PM +1000, Michael wrote: > > Whats the minimum hardware anyone has installed Postgresql on ? > > Someone is thowing out some old pc's and thought I might make use of > > one. > > I tried once to compile some 6.x.x version

Re: [GENERAL] minimum hardware for Postgresql Install

2001-08-07 Thread Frank Joerdens
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 01:48:40PM +0300, Einar Karttunen wrote: > On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Frank Joerdens wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 08:25:49PM +1000, Michael wrote: > > > Whats the minimum hardware anyone has installed Postgresql on ? > > > Someone is thowing out some old pc's and thought I m