Re: Best OS for Postgres 8.2

In response to "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>:

> 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 ?
>
> Well you just described three linux distributions, which is hardly a
> question about which OS to use ;). I would stick with the long supported
> versions of Linux, thus CentOS 5, Debian 4, Ubuntu Dapper.

There used to be a prominent site that recommended FreeBSD for Postgres.
Don't know if that's still recommended or not -- but bringing it up is
likely to start a Holy War.

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