Re: Process Time X200

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
To: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
Cc: NbForYou <nbforyou(at)hotmail(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Process Time X200
Date: 2006-03-14 20:11:25
Message-ID: 20060314201125.GR45250@pervasive.com
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On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 10:46:56AM -0600, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> I think it's time to get a new hosting provider.
>
> If they're still running PostgreSQL 7.3.9 (the latest 7.3 is 7.3.14, and
> 8.1.3 is amazingly faster than 7.3.anything...) then they're likely not
> updating other vital components either, and therefore it's only a matter
> of time before your machine gets hacked.

Or you lose data. IIRC there have been some data-loss bugs fixed between
7.3.9 and 7.3.14.
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