Re: [PERFORM] Postgres VS Oracle

From: Josh <josh(at)globalherald(dot)net>
To: Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Postgres VS Oracle
Date: 2007-06-19 16:03:46
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.64.0706191128050.4305@home-av-server.home-av
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> That would be incorrect.

Factually, you are correct that it's incorrect. I'm talking about the
perception.

> How many CIOs check into the PostgreSQL advocacy group, just to pick
> out one article?

Few that I know of, which makes my point stronger and brings us to this:

> instance, you may be able to get some improved reliability, but not in
> the form of specific features (e.g. - ORAC) that 'smell like a
> product.'

So, on one hand you can pay BPOM to Oracle for all the enterpriseyness and
fresh NOS (New Oracle Smell) money can buy. Or...

> In other words, some risks are certain to be retained, and fancy
> DBMS features can't necessarily mitigate them.

...you can pay SSPOM (Some Smaller Pile Of Money) to a PG vendor to harden
PG. You won't get the enterprisey NOS, but the end result will be the
same. The question then becomes, what are the second-level costs? (i.e.,
will high-reliability project X complete just as fast by hardening PG as
it would by using Oracle's built-in features? What are the costs to train
Oracle DBA's on PG - or what are the costs of their downtime while they
learn PG?)

Cheers,
-J

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