Hi all,
I'm in the process of initiating a movement in our company to move
towards open source software use. As part of this movement I will be
recommending PostgreSQL as an alternative to the currently used MSSQL.
I'm going with PostgreSQL over MySQL because of the much more complete
feature set it provides. (After having used MSSQL for quite some time
not having triggers, foreign keys, sub selects, etc. is not an option.)
However, to be able to justify the move I will have to demonstrate that
PostgreSQL is up to par with MSSQL and MySQL when it comes to
performance. After having read through the docs and the lists it seems
obvious that PostgreSQL is not configured for high performance out of
the box. I don't have months to learn the ins and outs of PostgreSQL
performance tuning so I looked around to see if there are any
preconfigured solutions out there.
I found that Red Hat Database 2.1 comes with PostgreSQL installed.
However, as far as I can tell it comes with postgreSQL 7.2 and it
requires Red Hat 8.0 or Red Hat Advanced Server which is based on Red
Hat 7.2. Would I be better off installing Red Hat 9.0 and PostgreSQL 7.3
and try to performance tune the installation myself, or should I buy Red
Hat Advanced Server and install Red Hat Database 2.1? (Let's say money
is no object)
So, does anyone here have any experience using RH AS and DB 2.1?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
TIA
Balazs