Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL with PostGIS on embedded hardware

2009-05-13 Thread Greg Stark
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote: >> Good to know!!! I imagine that on a PS3 it would be _really_ fast... :-) > > well not really - while it is fairly easy to get postgresql running on a PS3 > it is not a fast platform. While the main CPU there is a pretty fast Power > b

Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL with PostGIS on embedded hardware

2009-05-13 Thread Stefan Kaltenbrunner
Greg Stark wrote: On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote: Good to know!!! I imagine that on a PS3 it would be _really_ fast... :-) well not really - while it is fairly easy to get postgresql running on a PS3 it is not a fast platform. While the main CPU there is a pretty f

Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL with PostGIS on embedded hardware

2009-05-11 Thread Stefan Kaltenbrunner
Paolo Rizzi wrote: Are you saying that PostgreSQL+PostGIS can actually run on a smartphone??? Intriguing... Did anyone ever actually tried that??? If it's a supported CPU type and you've got a suitable build toolchain, sure. Seven or eight years ago we were getting a good laugh out of the fac

Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL with PostGIS on embedded hardware

2009-05-11 Thread PFC
A smartphone... you're right, I didn't think of that, but the hardware I described is very much like the one of a modern smartphone!!! Are you saying that PostgreSQL+PostGIS can actually run on a smartphone??? Intriguing... Did anyone ever actually tried that??? While the performance of A

Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL with PostGIS on embedded hardware

2009-05-11 Thread Paolo Rizzi
Are you saying that PostgreSQL+PostGIS can actually run on a smartphone??? Intriguing... Did anyone ever actually tried that??? If it's a supported CPU type and you've got a suitable build toolchain, sure. Seven or eight years ago we were getting a good laugh out of the fact that you could run

Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL with PostGIS on embedded hardware

2009-05-08 Thread Tom Lane
Paolo Rizzi writes: > Are you saying that PostgreSQL+PostGIS can actually run on a > smartphone??? Intriguing... > Did anyone ever actually tried that??? If it's a supported CPU type and you've got a suitable build toolchain, sure. Seven or eight years ago we were getting a good laugh out of th

Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL with PostGIS on embedded hardware

2009-05-08 Thread Paolo Rizzi
They didn't give me complete information, but it should be some kind of industrial PC with a 600MHz CPU. Memory should be not huge nor small, maybe a couple of GBytes, hard disk should be some type of industrial Compact Flash of maybe 16 GBytes. It should work perfectly OK. Remember

Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL with PostGIS on embedded hardware

2009-05-08 Thread PFC
They didn't give me complete information, but it should be some kind of industrial PC with a 600MHz CPU. Memory should be not huge nor small, maybe a couple of GBytes, hard disk should be some type of industrial Compact Flash of maybe 16 GBytes. It should work perfectly OK. Reme

Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL with PostGIS on embedded hardware

2009-05-08 Thread Paolo Rizzi
-Mensaje original- De: Paolo Rizzi Hi all, recently I came across a question from a customer of mine, asking me if it would feasible to run PostgreSQL along with PostGIS on embedded hardware. They didn't give me complete information, but it should be some kind of industrial PC with

Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL with PostGIS on embedded hardware

2009-05-08 Thread Fernando Hevia
> -Mensaje original- > De: Paolo Rizzi > > Hi all, > recently I came across a question from a customer of mine, > asking me if it would feasible to run PostgreSQL along with > PostGIS on embedded hardware. > They didn't give me complete information, but it should be > some kind of in

Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL with PostGIS on embedded hardware

2009-05-08 Thread Paolo Rizzi
Joshua D. Drake ha scritto: On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 18:06 +0200, Paolo Rizzi wrote: Hi all, recently I came across a question from a customer of mine, asking me if it would feasible to run PostgreSQL along with PostGIS on embedded hardware. They didn't give me complete information, but it should

Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL with PostGIS on embedded hardware

2009-05-08 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 18:06 +0200, Paolo Rizzi wrote: > Hi all, > recently I came across a question from a customer of mine, asking me if > it would feasible to run PostgreSQL along with PostGIS on embedded hardware. > They didn't give me complete information, but it should be some kind of > indu

[PERFORM] PostgreSQL with PostGIS on embedded hardware

2009-05-08 Thread Paolo Rizzi
Hi all, recently I came across a question from a customer of mine, asking me if it would feasible to run PostgreSQL along with PostGIS on embedded hardware. They didn't give me complete information, but it should be some kind of industrial PC with a 600MHz CPU. Memory should be not huge nor smal