Re: Testing on Power 8 systems

On 11/3/2014 9:45 AM, Georges Racinet wrote:
> I have an opportunity to test PostgreSQL and the applications I care
> about on a IBM Power 8 system tomorrow afternoon (Nov 4th, CET time).
>
> While my primary interest lies in the applications, I was wondering if
> people here would have advice or interest about useful tests or
> benchmarks to perform.
>
> Apparently, a wide range of Linux distributions (most probably in VMs)
> will be available, and I have no doubt that installation will be easy.
> Didn't find many ppc64 ou ppc64el binary packages online, though:
> yum.postgresql.org and apt.postgresql.org seem to only provide x86*,
> there's a ppc64el port of Debian…


postgres built just fine for me on AIX 6 on a Power6 server using IBM
XLC.   I've not run Linux on Power, had no need for it.



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john r pierce                                      37N 122W
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