On Tue, 8 May 2007, Chris wrote:
> David Levy wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am about to order a new server for my Postgres cluster. I will
>> probably get a Dual Xeon Quad Core instead of my current Dual Xeon.
>> Which OS would you recommend to optimize Postgres behaviour (i/o
>> access, multithreading, etc) ?
>>
>> I am hesitating between Fedora Core 6, CentOS and Debian. Can anyone
>> help with this ?
>
> Use the one you're most comfortable with.
>
> I don't think you'll notice *that* much difference between linux systems for
> performance - but whether you're comfortable using any of them will make a
> difference in managing it in general.
the tuneing that you do (both of the OS and of postgres) will make more
of a difference then anything else.
David Lang