[nycbug-talk] MySQL and FreeBSD 6.0

[Hans Zaunere]

N.J. Thomas wrote on Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:57 AM:
> * Hans Zaunere <lists at zaunere.com> [2006-10-18 22:09:51 -0400]:
> > > but finally decided to stick with Linux/MySQL because of reported
> > > performance issues as well as problems with the ULE scheduler that
> > > people recommended be used for MySQL.
> > 
> > So you were still seeing issues on 6.1?  Per some links I posted
> > earlier, they say 6.1 should clear up many issues... hrm, not good.
> 
> I should clarify, we never moved to MySQL/FreeBSD because we had heard
> of these issues. I head also heard good things about MySQL running on
> 6.1 as well, but overall we got mixed reports, and seeing as how there
> weren't any similar issues with Linux, we stuck with that.
> 
> If anything, I was itching to move the DBs to FreeBSD, but in the end
> the final conclusion that was reached was that because we were on an
> extremely tight schedule, it was probably not worth the hassle, so we
> are remaining with Linux -- for now.

Thanks for the clarification.  And I agree - if it ain't broke, don't fix
it.  Linux and MySQL are stable together - something about the licenses I
think...

H