Re: young guy wanting (Postgres DBA) ammo

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Kevin Hunter <hunteke(at)earlham(dot)edu>
Cc: Postgres General List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: young guy wanting (Postgres DBA) ammo
Date: 2007-11-02 04:35:40
Message-ID: 21682.1193978140@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Kevin Hunter <hunteke(at)earlham(dot)edu> writes:
> However, I'm not a DBA and only minimally know what's involved in doing
> the job, so I don't have "ammo" to defend (or agree?) with my friend
> when he says that "Postgres requires a DBA and MySQL doesn't so that's
> why they choose the latter.

He's full of it ... mysql is not any easier to run or tune.

regards, tom lane

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