Re: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL: fight - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL: fight
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Msg-id 200708132216.16550.josh@agliodbs.com
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL: fight  ("Pavel Stehule" <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL: fight  (Decibel! <decibel@decibel.org>)
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Pavel,

> I did't test MySQL three years, But three years ago, MySQL rollback
> was really, really slow.

Based on recent testing I did, rollbacks are very expensive -- like 3x to 4x
the cost of the original insert in high-concurrency environments.  Also not
always reliable (as of 5.0).

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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco

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