Re: Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Vivek Khera
Subject Re: Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people
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Msg-id C60457C1-C941-41C9-BC1F-0E6000D96582@khera.org
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In response to Re: Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people  (Tony Caduto <tony_caduto@amsoftwaredesign.com>)
Responses Re: Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people  (btober@ct.metrocast.net)
Re: Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people  (Erik Jones <erik@myemma.com>)
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On Mar 27, 2007, at 4:09 PM, Tony Caduto wrote:

> Another thing is this, how hard could it possibly be for a MS SQL
> DBA or Oracle DBA to pick up using PostgreSQL?
> I don't think it would take a decent admin of any database to come
> up to speed in a very short time as long as they were interested in
> doing so.

We've been working with a consultant to re-design/optimize some
existing DB systems we have running, and his background is mostly
Oracle and DB/2.  Some of the optimizations -- actually operationally
related choices on how to do things -- are remarkably off-base for
Postgres.  There is a *lot* to learn about a system before one can
truly "know" it.


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