Hi all,

I’ve got a nice shiny new server which I’m going to build as a LAPP platform.

I’ve just had a quick look for suitable instructions on the best way to configure it and I have a few questions. There are many hits, some better than others.

(It is replacing a Fedora 9 server so I’m expecting to have lots of *fun*)

1) 9.2 vs 9.5

Some of the instruction pages I’ve found install using the standard repositories and install version 9.2 (?) while some others add a PostgreSQL
repo and install 9.5

What are people’s opinions? In the long term, and I going to have more admin hassle with one over the other?

Will porting schemas including stored functions in pl/psql from 8.3 be easier / better with one version over the other?

2) network vs sockets

I read somewhere that connecting Apache / PHP to PostgreSQL is faster if you use sockets rather than usling the loopback i/f. Is this correct? If it is correct, what is the correct connect string if I use the 9.2 or 9.5 RPM’s as described above?

There seems to be lots of Google content about sockets not working. Is it really that hard?

(I use pg_pconnect() to do the connecting)