Re: Question

From: "Gregory S(dot) Williamson" <gsw(at)globexplorer(dot)com>
To: "Alejandro Lemus" <alejandro_lemus2003(at)yahoo(dot)com>, <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Question
Date: 2005-07-11 23:26:23
Message-ID: 71E37EF6B7DCC1499CEA0316A256832801D4C5BB@loki.wc.globexplorer.net
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As a sometimes Informix and PostgreSQL DBA, I disagree with the contentions below. We have many tables with 10s of millions of rows in Postgres. We have had (alas) power issues with our lab on more than one occasion and the afflicted servers have recovered like a champ, every time.

This person may not like postgres (or very much likes Informix), but he shouldn't conjure up spurious reasons to support his/her prejudice.

Informix is an excellent product, but it can be costly for web related applications. PostgeSQL is also an excellent database. Each has differences which may make the decision between the two of them clear. But facts are necessary to have a real discussion.

Greg WIlliamson
DBA
GlobeXplorer LLC

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-performance-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-performance-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of Alejandro
Lemus
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 6:00 AM
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: [PERFORM] Question

In the past week, one guy of Unix Group in Colombia
say: "Postgrest in production is bat, if the power off
in any time the datas is lost why this datas is in
plain files. Postgrest no ssupport data bases with
more 1 millon of records".
Wath tell me in this respect?, is more best Informix
as say

Ing. Alejandro Lemus G.
Radio Taxi Aeropuerto S.A.
Avenida de las Américas # 51 - 39 Bogotá - Colombia
Tel: 571-4470694 / 571-4202600 Ext. 260 Fax: 571-2624070
email: alejandro_lemus2003(at)yahoo(dot)com

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