dwallen
05-16-2013, 07:49 PM
I have a brand new computer with a clean new install of Win8 which has been migrated to a 250GB SSD. I want to move my HM2 from my old Win7/64 machine to the new Win8 machine to take advantage of the SSD, which I bought mainly to speed up HM2. I have a recent database backup created with a 6 month or so old version of HM2. Postgres is 8.4.x on the Win7 machine (not sure what the minor version is, if that matters). The postgressql/8.4 folder is currently 30GB-about a million hands.
I have read the Win8 sticky so my first question is: is HM2 on Win8 a bit more stable than was implied in the somewhat dated sticky? Or should I still expect far more problems than on Win7?
Assuming Win8 is ok:
1) I assume based on reading posts that I start with a manual install of Postgres. Should I go with their most recent 8.4.x or a newer 9.x.x?
2) I assume I do a complete install of Postgres to the SSD. Or do i install the program stuff to HD and just make the db folder on the SSD somehow? I want to maximize SSD usage for the db.
3) Assuming Postgres is on the SSD, I assume it doesn't really matter whether HM2 is installed to the SSD or the HD, or whether HMARCHIVE is on SSD or HD.
Please correct any bonehead assumptions, and point me in the right direction
Thanks
I have read the Win8 sticky so my first question is: is HM2 on Win8 a bit more stable than was implied in the somewhat dated sticky? Or should I still expect far more problems than on Win7?
Assuming Win8 is ok:
1) I assume based on reading posts that I start with a manual install of Postgres. Should I go with their most recent 8.4.x or a newer 9.x.x?
2) I assume I do a complete install of Postgres to the SSD. Or do i install the program stuff to HD and just make the db folder on the SSD somehow? I want to maximize SSD usage for the db.
3) Assuming Postgres is on the SSD, I assume it doesn't really matter whether HM2 is installed to the SSD or the HD, or whether HMARCHIVE is on SSD or HD.
Please correct any bonehead assumptions, and point me in the right direction
Thanks