On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 April 2003 20:33, Ian Harding wrote:
> > I am running my PostgreSQL database on a Dell PowerEdge 2400. What,
> > advantages/disadvantages are there to learning Solaris and migrating my
> > stuff over to the coffee table machine? Does the Dell fall under the
> > heading of "cheap" (crummy) hardware that Tom alluded to causing corruption
> > issues?
>
> Dell server might be good enough for most tasks but if the sun machine is 64
> bit, then you have a significant advantage there. Besides they should be bit
> more robust(Sorry, this is absolute wild shot. Have no idea about specs of
> any of these two machines.)
>
> Just one real advice, from what I have heard on lists. If the sun machine
> supports, install linux rather than solaris. Apparently linux on sparc is far
> faster than solaris, at least at lower to middle end. Besides postgresql and
> solaris have had performance issues in past.
Even better, throw in an extra drive and configure it to dual boot. Then
you can test the two against each other be sure which is faster for what
you're doing.