Re: Ideal hardware configuration for pgsql

On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 11:35:13PM +0100, some SMTP stream spewed forth:
> Our db server running 7.1 got *torched* today, system ran between 30% an
> 80% CPU all day!  Right now the server is running on a Penguin Computing
> 800mhz PIII w/ 128 ram and IDE hardware.
>
> Tomorrow I'd like to place an order for something more robust... looking
> into dual PIII, gig of ram and SCSI Raid.  Planning on running Red Hat 7.1
> on this machine.

I think that anyone whose opinion matters would recommend running
something *other* than RedHat. FreeBSD is an excellent operating system
and is well suited to a PostgreSQL environment.


gh

*snip*
> You're input is tremendously appreciated!
>
> -r
>
> Ryan Mahoney
> CTO, Payment Alliance, Inc.
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> m. 718-490-5464
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