Re: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL

On Friday 04 July 2003 20:36, Rod Taylor wrote:
> > 2. Postgresql uses shared memory being process based architecture. Mysql
> > uses process memory being threaded application. It does not need kernel
> > settings to work and usually works best it can.
>
> MySQL has other issues with the kernel due to their threading choice
> such as memory limits per process, or poor threaded SMP support on some
> platforms (inability for a single process to use more than one CPU at a
> time regardless of thread count).
>
> Threads aren't an easy way around kernel limitations, which is probably
> why Apache has gone for a combination of the two -- but of course that
> adds complexity.

Correct. It's not debate about whether threading is better or not. But it
certainly affects the default way with which these two applications work.

Shridhar