Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD

Richard Huxton wrote:
> Bart McFarling wrote:
>> We are installing a new Postgresql server, it will not run anything else
>> but postgresql. We are currently looking at moving from a RHEL 4.0
>> system to FreeBSD.
>> Does one OS offer better performace over the other when running
>> postgresql?
>
> I'd guess the crucial thing will be:
> 1. Your experience in admin-ing each.
> 2. Hardware support for each.
>
> Some theoretical advantage isn't any use if your RAID array has poor
> drivers on Linux or you don't know how to tune Free-BSD.
Interesting. Instinctively, I'd have thought that, being more
main-stream, Linux has a better supply of drivers than Free-BSD. Have
you had any experience with Linux RAID drivers being poorer than Free BSD's?

P.