Re: Scalability in postgres

From: Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com>
To: Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz <gryzman(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>, Flavio Henrique Araque Gurgel <flavio(at)4linux(dot)com(dot)br>, Fabrix <fabrixio1(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-performance <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Scalability in postgres
Date: 2009-06-02 00:42:19
Message-ID: 4A24756B.3060305@cheapcomplexdevices.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-performance

Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz wrote:
>
> I thought that's where the difference is between postgresql and oracle
> mostly, ability to handle more transactions and better scalability .
>

Which were you suggesting had this "better scalability"?

I recall someone summarizing to a CFO where I used to work:
"Oracle may scale technologically, but it doesn't scale well financially."

In response to

Browse pgsql-performance by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Greg Smith 2009-06-02 04:23:04 Re: Scalability in postgres
Previous Message Robert Haas 2009-06-02 00:41:04 Re: Vacuuming technique doubt