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Postgresql performance on Linux vs FreeBSD

 
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#1 | Posted: 23 Apr 2005 10:10 
We have been using Postgresql for many years now...
We have always used it with the native OS it was build from, FreeBSD.
FreeBSD is rock solid stable. Very reliable.

With so many rumors about Linux being faster especialy the 2.6.x kernel, I have decided to give it another try. I have not used Linux in 6 years. The last linux I used was 5.2.

I tried slackware 10.1 and Gentoo 2005.0 both at the same time.
I have used different file system seems rumors has it that JFS is faster than ext3.

After running benchmarks after benchmarks, I concluded Linux 2.6.x kernel is indeed faster. Without much details I would guess Linux is about 30% - 50% faster according to pgbench.

Furthermore I like Gentoo very much since it allows lots of optimizations while compiling.

Stability was not as good as Freebsd. Under heavy loads I have seen hangs and riad drivers are not as stable as Freebsd.

Server performance between intel and amd was also very different. Intel server performance for both pentium 4 and xeon was about the same between Linux and BSD. But AMD cpu shows large speed improvement under Linux.

This is just from my experience that I would like to share for other Postgresql users.

Regards,

Andrew

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#2 | Posted: 25 Apr 2005 11:16 
Thank you for sharing your experience - but for one more advertising link you'll get a ban.

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#3 | Posted: 2 Jun 2005 22:31 
team,
let people advertise on this test forum.
nobody takes this test forum seriously anyways.
relax rules.

Author Team
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#4 | Posted: 2 Jun 2005 22:42 
On another side, you are right :-) Let people find us by their keyboards :-)

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