Re: PostgreSQL vs MySQL - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Dan Langille
Subject Re: PostgreSQL vs MySQL
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Msg-id 20040520174706.P64060@xeon.unixathome.org
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL vs MySQL  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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On Thu, 20 May 2004, Josh Berkus wrote:

> Dan, Robert
>
> > This is an issue frequently raised with Bacula (http://www.bacula.org/).
> > How do I backup my 20GB database if I have only 1GB free diskspace?
> > Bacula can use a FIFO, although I've never used it myself.
>
> My answer to this would be "stop being such a cheapskate and spend $150 on
> another HDD, darn it!"

Umm, I was using small numbers to prove a point.  Change GB to TB if you
want.  For some places, it's a realy issue.  There is no disk space to
dump.

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Dan Langille - BSDCan: http://www.bsdcan.org/

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