Operating Systems Supported
- MySQL has compiled successfully on the following combinations of operating system and thread package.
- AIX 4.x, 5.x with native threads.
- Amiga.
- FreeBSD 5.x and up with native threads.
- HP-UX 11.x with the native threads.
- Linux builds on all Linux distributions with glibc 2.3.
- Mac OS X.
- NetBSD 1.3/1.4 Intel and NetBSD 1.3 Alpha.
- Novell NetWare 6.0 and 6.5.
- OpenBSD 2.5 and with native threads.
- SCO Openserver 6.0.x.
- SCO UnixWare 7.1.x.
- SGI Irix 6.x with native threads.
- Solaris 2.5 and above with native threads on SPARC and x86.
- Tru64 Unix.
- Windows 2000, XP, and Windows Server 2003.
- MySQL performance depends on:
- A stable thread library.
- The kernel and the thread library ability to take advantage of symmetric multi-processor (SMP) systems.
- General filesystem stability and performance.
Which distribution should I install?
© 2007 John Michael Pierobon
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