Server Distributions

[Brian Densmore]

I think this was meant for the list.
I should have clarified my statements.
I was referring only to the GUI package
managers, as was the gist of what Jonathan
was saying, I think.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Hull 
> 
> Quoting Brian Densmore <DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com>:
> 
> > I can attest to this. The only slower than the RPM GUI
> > package manager is the gentoo GUI package manager.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jonathan Hutchins
> > >
> > > Given that the RPM Database is one of the heaviest loads on
> > > most of the RH systems I've run
> 
> [snip]
> 
> I suppose there are many variables such as the number of 
> packages installed, the
> hardware and the patience of the user, but in my experience, RPM has
> never produced a noticeable load on any system I've dealt 
> with. Even in the one
> instance that I've had corruption in an RPM database and have 
> had to rebuild
> it, that operation has never caused a noticeable difference in system
> performance and didn't take more than a second to finish.
> 
> I've got some relatively slow hardware with a full install of 
> Red Hat EL WS and
> an rpm -qai takes less than two tenths of a second of system 
> time to complete
> and doesn't cause any detectable lag on the box.
> 
> --
> Dave Hull
> http://insipid.com
>