

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vince Vielhaber [mailto:vev@michvhf.com] 
> Sent: 29 January 2003 16:27
> To: Katie Ward
> Cc: Tom Lane; Curtis Faith; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [mail] Re: [HACKERS] Windows Build System
> 
> 
> The only assumption I see being made here is this:
> 
> "I believe that the port, as submitted, can be used as an 
> industrial-strength solution."
> 
> I see no evidence to support this claim.  If you have this 
> evidence, feel free to share it with the rest of us.

I hammered the betas on a couple of test boxes running Windows XP and
.NET Server of various (pre)releases and found it to be rock solid,
performing comparably to my Linux based systems. The Cygwin version fell
over quite quickly under the same tests.

I'll admit my methods were not particularly scientific, but over the
last few weeks I've had far more grief from DB2 and SQL Server than I
did from the PostgreSQL native betas.

Regards, Dave.

Wed, 29 Jan 2003 16:32:46 -0000
"Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>
Re: [mail] Re: Windows Build System
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Dave Page wrote:

>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vince Vielhaber [mailto:vev@michvhf.com]
> > Sent: 29 January 2003 16:27
> > To: Katie Ward
> > Cc: Tom Lane; Curtis Faith; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> > Subject: Re: [mail] Re: [HACKERS] Windows Build System
> >
> >
> > The only assumption I see being made here is this:
> >
> > "I believe that the port, as submitted, can be used as an
> > industrial-strength solution."
> >
> > I see no evidence to support this claim.  If you have this
> > evidence, feel free to share it with the rest of us.
>
> I hammered the betas on a couple of test boxes running Windows XP and
> .NET Server of various (pre)releases and found it to be rock solid,
> performing comparably to my Linux based systems. The Cygwin version fell
> over quite quickly under the same tests.
>
> I'll admit my methods were not particularly scientific, but over the
> last few weeks I've had far more grief from DB2 and SQL Server than I
> did from the PostgreSQL native betas.

hammering the betas is a far cry from an "industrial-strength solution".

Vince.
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Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:36:12 -0500 (EST)
Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
Re: [mail] Re: Windows Build System
"Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> writes:
> I'll admit my methods were not particularly scientific, but over the
> last few weeks I've had far more grief from DB2 and SQL Server than I
> did from the PostgreSQL native betas.

My gripe had to do with questioning the reliability of the platform, not
of the Postgres port ;-).

Aside from load testing as suggested by Vince, I'd be interested to hear
what happens when you pull the power cord under load (repeatedly).  This
would give some evidence about the robustness of the Windows filesystem
and its ability to emulate Unix sync semantics.

			regards, tom lane

Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:56:33 -0500
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: [mail] Re: Windows Build System 

Cool irony in the automated .sig on the mailinglist software...

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Vince Vielhaber wrote:
> ... 
> hammering the betas is a far cry from an "industrial-strength solution".
> ...
> TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

Sounds like you're basically saying is 

   _do_ 'kill -9' the postmaster...

and make sure it recovers gracefully when testing for an "industrial-
strength solution".


   Ron


Wed, 29 Jan 2003 20:02:49 -0800 (PST)
Ron Mayer <ron@intervideo.com>
Re: [mail] Re: Windows Build System
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Ron Mayer wrote:

>
> Cool irony in the automated .sig on the mailinglist software...
>
> On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Vince Vielhaber wrote:
> > ...
> > hammering the betas is a far cry from an "industrial-strength solution".
> > ...
> > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
>
> Sounds like you're basically saying is
>
>    _do_ 'kill -9' the postmaster...
>
> and make sure it recovers gracefully when testing for an "industrial-
> strength solution".

Not what I said at all.

Vince.
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Thu, 30 Jan 2003 04:17:03 -0500 (EST)
Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
Re: [mail] Re: Windows Build System