Re: Decide between Postgresql and Mysql (help of comunity)

From: Vivek Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>
To: Postgresql Performance <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Decide between Postgresql and Mysql (help of comunity)
Date: 2006-03-29 15:32:54
Message-ID: 6EECBE15-976E-4E39-9022-D52C3F6DD88D@khera.org
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On Mar 28, 2006, at 1:57 PM, Madison Kelly wrote:

> From what I understand, PostgreSQL is designed with stability and
> reliability as key tenants. MySQL favors performance and ease of
> use. An

From my point of view, mysql favors single-user performance over all
else. Get into multiple updaters and you are competing for table
locks all the time. Postgres works much better with multiple clients
writing to it.

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