Re: [GENERAL] advice on buying sun hardware to run postgres

[Michael Davis]

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        From:   Bruce Momjian <maillist @ candle.pha.pa.us> on 05/04/99
12:39 PM
        To:     Chris Bitmead <chris.bitmead @ bigfoot.com>@SMTP@EXCHANGE
        cc:     pgsql-general @ postgreSQL.org@SMTP@EXCHANGE 
        Subject:        Re: [GENERAL] advice on buying sun hardware to run
postgres

        > Bruce Momjian wrote:
        > 
        > > There is.  Linux/*BSD use only a big kernel lock, or 
        > > several big kernel locks.  
        > 
        > I think you're talking silly. BSD has one big lock, but my count
there
        > are around 60 locks in Linux 2.2. Solaris has thousands of locks.
        > 
        > 

        OK, *BSD has one, Linux has 60, and Solaris has thousands.  This was
my
        point.

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