Re: [PERFORM] Postgres 8 vs Postgres 7.4/cygwin

[Tom Lane]

Scott Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm currently trying to make a decision on whether to use the Cygwin port of 
> Postgres 7.4 or Postgres 8.0 for a windows installation.  Can someone provide 
> some comparison info from a performance point of view?  I was thinking that 
> the Cygwin port has the overhead of the translation layer, but 8.0 is a newer 
> product and may still have performance issue.  Can anyone comment on this?  

Well, the performance issues of the cygwin-based releases are the stuff
of legend ;-).  New product or no, this is really a no-brainer.

regards, tom lane

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Re: [PERFORM] Postgres 8 vs Postgres 7.4/cygwin

[Christopher Kings-Lynne]

PostgreSQL 8 for windows faster AND more reliable :)

Chris

Scott Goldstein wrote:
I'm currently trying to make a decision on whether to use the Cygwin 
port of Postgres 7.4 or Postgres 8.0 for a windows installation.  Can 
someone provide some comparison info from a performance point of view?  
I was thinking that the Cygwin port has the overhead of the translation 
layer, but 8.0 is a newer product and may still have performance issue.  
Can anyone comment on this? 
 
Thanks for the help.
 
Scott



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