Am Montag, den 01.08.2005, 18:44 +0200 schrieb Vratislav_Morkus@lmc.cz:
> Hi all,
> I am sorry for a stupid easy question, but I'am PostgreSQL novice.
> Our development team has encountered problem with trying to install and
> maintain cluster (pgcluster) on our production database. So they have
> decided to switch the entire solution to MySql database.
> a) have you got any good/bad experience with administering and running
> cluster on PostrgeSQL DB?
> b) would u switch PostgreSQL to MySql (7.4 --> 4.1) and why?
Usually only a few installations need a cluster solution anyway.
Did you try with optimized queries and a single machine
postgres? You have online backup too so you dont need a cluster
for this functionality.
If it turns out you have to distribute load somehow, there
is slony and pgpool.
Regards
Tino Wildenhain
