Re: [PERFORM] Potential Problem with PostgeSQL performance on SuSE

2004-01-16 Thread Mark Kirkwood
We use a server at work that is patched RH 7.3 / 2.4.18 with 2.4.21 (or thereabouts its < .24). We have stability issues with Java 1.4 / Tomcat 4.1 but not Pg. It might even be worth building yourself a vanilla 2.4.18 kernel and seeing if that makes any difference... regards Mark Josh Berkus

Re: [PERFORM] Potential Problem with PostgeSQL performance on SuSE

2004-01-16 Thread Josh Berkus
Mark, > Along similar lines - have generally obtained better server performance > (and stability) from most Linux distros after replacing their supplied > kernel with one from kernel.org . Hmmm any anecdotes about replacing Red Hat 2.4.18 to .24? I've been having problems I can't track do

Re: [PERFORM] Potential Problem with PostgeSQL performance on SuSE

2004-01-16 Thread Mark Kirkwood
Along similar lines - have generally obtained better server performance (and stability) from most Linux distros after replacing their supplied kernel with one from kernel.org . regards Mark Josh Berkus wrote: Folks, While debugging a wireless card, I came across this interesting bit: http://

[PERFORM] Potential Problem with PostgeSQL performance on SuSE Linux 9.0

2004-01-16 Thread Josh Berkus
Folks, While debugging a wireless card, I came across this interesting bit: http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2003/10/pohletz_desktop_90.html What it indicates is that by default SuSE 9.0 plays with the timeslice values for the Linux kernel in order to provide a "smoother" user experience. In my