[Rails] Does Rails perform better-or-worse on different O.S.? Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris in particular

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On Apr 5, 2006, at 8:53 PM, Miles Keaton wrote:

> We're at a point where we could choose any O.S. for a soon-to-be
> launched Rails app server, and are feeling pretty neutral about it.
>
> The choices are Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris.
>
> Since Rails will be running everything, I'm wondering if anyone has
> seen significantly better (or worse) performance in any of these O.S.
> in Rails in particular?

The only major comment I've seen lately regarding performance on a  
specific platform recommends against using the pthreads version of  
ruby on freebsd. It results in very poor performance. Instead, use  
the non-pthreads binary (likely available as a port).

I think most of the comments you receive will be along the lines of  
"use whatever is comfortable and within your budget." Besides, on  
equivalent hardware you'll see Linux and *BSD come within a few  
percentage points of each other. Five percent rarely makes or breaks  
a production environment, so don't worry about this too much.

My .02.

cr