Re: Jav Database Performance

Markus Schiltknecht wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Walter Cruz wrote:
>> Have anyone seen this?
>>
>> http://devloop.org.uk/documentation/database-performance/
>
> Looks like a good, well documented benchmark. Was well worth the read.
> Probably even more if you're more into Java than I am.
>
> What's surprising me is, that PostgreSQL often was 'only marginally
> slower' compared to MySQL. First, I thought: wow, MySQL must have
> improved. But later on, I've read that they tested the MyISAM storage
> engine. Thus, I'm surprised that
>
> a) they perform only marginally better, and
>
> b) that the results are so close and similar.
>
> I can only conclude, that PostgreSQL does a very well job in keeping the
> costs of consistency very low. ;-)

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>
> Regards
>
> Markus
>
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