In article <gncr90$61...@news.motzarella.org>, Jerry Stuckle says... > Geoff Muldoon wrote: > > Jerry Stuckle says... > >> pg wrote: > > > >>> The server would run Linux or one of the BSD variant > > > >> You also missed DB2, SQL Server and several others. > > > > Scrap MSSQL Server as a candidate given the above O/S requirement. > > > > Geoff M > > > > Running 3 RHEL4 boxes in an Oracle RAC cluster, with web interfaces > > (RHEL5/Apache/php) on separate VMWare ESX gear. > > The OS should be picked based on the requirements of the database and > rest of the system, not vice versa.
In an ideal world, yes. > I'm not saying I'm recommending SQL Server (or any other RDBMS for that > matter). But determining the hardware and OS before the rest of the > requirements are determined places artificial limits on the rest of the > system. My comments were simply based on the OPs restriction on O/S. There may be valid non-ideal-world reasons for that restriction. Geoff M -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
