Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: Is windows better than Linux for Firebird 2.5 64 bit?
Author Dmitry Kuzmenko
Hello, trskopo!

Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 9:29:05 AM, you wrote:

t> 1) What drivers in that should exist for better performance? My
t> guest is CPU and Harddisk, is this correct?

yes. But even you buy brand hardware, drivers can be bad in
performance.

t> 2) Assuming that Linux and windows has correct drivers, which one is better?

It can be understood only by test. Linux is much specific, as I said.
For example, on some hardware Linux (CentOS) was 30% slower than
Windows (for FB Classic with ~400 active connections).

>> 2. You can choose linux distro by your preferrence. If you don't know
>> any Linux well, then, you will have troubles.
>>

t> I am thinking using CentOS or Suse, what distro do you use for yours?

I do not use Linux :-) but our clients - use latest CentOS and Suse.

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