In the last exciting episode, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Sullivan) wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 01:52:26PM -0700, scott.marlowe wrote: >> >> I thought .org and .info were being run on postgresql/solaris? > > They are. I'd happily dump the Solaris use overboard, however, if it > weren't for all the nifty hardware support it give us. It is > dog-slow for handling large numbers of processes. We get around that > by throwing hardware at the problem.
One might choose to use Solaris for a number of reasons _other_ than it being the fastest platform for PostgreSQL: - If some applications are written in Java, Sun might be chosen as the hardware vendor because "Java works there best." - If you're buying hardware in bulk, it may be a better deal to have to throw extra money at the DB server if you saved money on the other boxes. - Local familiarity might be worth something; better the devil you know than ones you don't. - Reprovisioned hardware from another project is cheaper than starting afresh. I wouldn't warrant that any of those are necessarily applicable in this particular case, but "which platform runs PG fastest" could readily get pushed lower on the list by these sorts of factors... -- let name="cbbrowne" and tld="ntlug.org" in String.concat "@" [name;tld];; http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/postgresql.html "How much more helpful could I be than to provide you with the appropriate e-mail address? I could engrave it on a clue-by-four and deliver it to you in Chicago, I suppose." -- Seen on Slashdot... ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
