Fw: [GENERAL] Re: Is PostgreSQL ready for mission critical applications?

From: K.Tao <khtao(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Jochen Topf <pgsql-general(at)mail(dot)remote(dot)org>;
<pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Re: Is PostgreSQL ready for mission critical
applications?

> Well I do apologize as all my experiences are in the use of pre 6.5
> versions...I assume there have no longer been any reports of databases
> having to be rebuilt or restored from tape from the way you are talking ;)
>
> Although I still feel that the level of expertise for an admin on a Unix
> platform running PostgreSQL is much higher than lets say Oracle on NT.
One
> example is if you cancel out of a admin process like vacuum while in
pgsql.
> U have to have enough exp to know what files to go and delete to be able
to
> get pgsql back up and running.
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> I do think that the commercial support program moves PostgreSQL much
closer
> to being a database I would choose. I havent had the requirement for that
> support, but I am sure if I had a large system utilizing PostgreSQL I
would
> not hesitate to pay to make sure 24x7 I can get the database back up and
> runniog within 15 mins of it going down :)
>
> I also do like the sound of getting rid of vacuum and its table locks.
> Anythng to make the database more self administering and self recovering
is
> good ;)
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