Re: more anti-postgresql FUD - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: more anti-postgresql FUD
Date
Msg-id 200610102035.30845.peter_e@gmx.net
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In response to more anti-postgresql FUD  ("Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: more anti-postgresql FUD  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: more anti-postgresql FUD  ("Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
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Merlin Moncure wrote:
> http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.1/install.php
>
> in section PostgreSQL vs MySQL :
> [quoting]
> Regarding the choice between PostgreSQL and MySQL, MySQL is
> recommended for several reasons:

I don't see any fear, uncertainty, or doubt there.

>     * MySQL is faster

It probably is for that application.  Of course their references
benchmark is outdated, but that does not make it FUD.

>     * no need to constantly run resource-hungry command "vacuum" for
> MySQL

Also a good, albeit outdated, reason.

> * MySQL is used as a primary development platform.

Another good reason.

--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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