database performance: test setup: FreeBSD
When this report was being written the latest release of FreeBSD available was FreeBSD 6.2
Setup
Using the CD based installer, we select a standard install with the ports database.
After installation, we updat the ports with cvsup.
Next, we install the database servers and Apache ant:
cd /usr/ports/packages/All
pkg_fetch mysql51-server
pkg_add mysql-server-5.1.11.tbz
pkg_fetch mysql51-client
pkg_add mysql-client-5.1.11.tbz
echo "mysql_enable=\"YES\"" >> /etc/rc.conf
./etc/rc.d/mysql-server start
pkg_fetch postgresql81-server
pkg_add postgresql-server-8.1.4.tbz
pkg_fetch postgresql81-client
pkg_add postgresql-client-8.1.4.tbz
echo "postgresql_enable=\"YES\"" >> /etc/rc.conf
./etc/rc.d/pgsql start
Install apache-ant:
pkg_fetch apache-ant
pkg_add apache-ant-1.6.5_2.tbz
