Table I.

Comparison tests of computers running PostgreSQL and GERMINATE

*, Average Relative Query Speed is relative the Dell Optiplex machine and was determined by taking the average speed of a set of standard queries. See text.

Machine	Operating System	Average Relative Query Speed*
SUN SunFire V880, dual Sparc processors, 4 GB RAM	Solaris 9	20
Dell PowerEdge 1750, single 3.0 GHz Intel Xeon processor, 512 MB RAM	Fedora Core 2	1
Dell Optiplex GX260, 2.8 GHz, 1 GB RAM	Windows XP	1
Dell Latitude C640, 2.0 GHz with 512 MB RAM	Windows XP	1
Apple PowerPC G4, 1.25 GHz with 1.25 GB RAM	Mac OSX 10.3.8	2