Re: Which Linux Distribution

* Timothy J Hitchens <tim@hitcho.com.au> [001123 13:35] wrote:
> We are about to launch a very large client/server environment and before we
> lock down the production servers I thought I
> would as if there is a particular linux distribution that keeps up or
> postgresql is designed for more than another.  I know
> that linux is linux but which linux (if any) is used for development
> testing.

I use FreeBSD over here.

> Also I haven't had many comments about my last post I have included it below
> as well:
>
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> Subject: [ADMIN] Load of 4 Million Queries Read and or Write Per Second
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> That is 4 Million Queries per Second which is 14 Billion 400 Million per
> hour.
>
> This may sound a little big but this is what we will be launching on the 1st
> December 2000 using postgresql and php.

What platform is this going to be on?  You will not be able to do
4 million queries per second with Postgresql on a PC platform.

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