From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | PgSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: more anti-postgresql FUD |
Date: | 2006-10-10 17:58:55 |
Message-ID: | 452BDF5F.6040500@commandprompt.com |
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Merlin Moncure wrote:
> http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.1/install.php
>
> in section PostgreSQL vs MySQL :
> [quoting]
> Regarding the choice between PostgreSQL and MySQL, MySQL is
> recommended for several reasons:
>
> * MySQL is faster
>
> recent benchmarks using ZABBIX clearly show that PostgreSQL
> (7.1.x) is at least 10 times slower than MySQL (3.23.29)
>
> Note: These results are predictable. ZABBIX server processes use
> simple SQL statements like single row INSERT, UPDATE and simple SELECT
> operators. In such environment, use of advanced SQL engine (like
> PostgreSQL) is overkill.
> * no need to constantly run resource-hungry command "vacuum" for MySQL
> * MySQL is used as a primary development platform.
>
> If you do use PostgreSQL, zabbix_server will periodically (defined in
> HousekeepingFrequency) execute command vacuum analyze.
> [done]
>
> anybody know these guys? this is right off the mysql anti-postgresql
> advocacy page.
Well they may be right that far back. But 7.1 is years and years old.
Joshua D. Drake
>
> merlin
>
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