Thread: New to PostgreSQL

Another very good resource is the PostgreSQL documentation itself --> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/index.html

Thanks,
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Shoaib Mir
EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com)

Στις Τετάρτη 01 Νοέμβριος 2006 21:39, ο/η Mark Steben έγραψε:
> Good afternoon,
>
>
>
> I am a database administrator who has worked with mainframe DB2 databases
> for 16 years.  I am brand new to PostgreSQL.  I just started a new job
> where
>

Welcome to postgresql camp!
i was MVS, os/390,... "sysprog" myself for 4 years (until i realized that i
had to return to the real thing (unix) asap, so i left the job in the bank).

I think, apart from postgresql you gotta get familiar with the linux/*bsd/unix
concepts as well, as sometimes performance has to do with OS tuning too.

Features/concepts wise, i dont think you'll face big problems, since
you are coming from a rich rdbms.

> I am the only DBA in the company and am expected to ramp up as soon as
> possible.  Are there any courses available to me - either self-taught or
>
> Classroom - that could provide me with a broad-brush introduction?  Right
> now my main resource is the PostgreSQL - The Comprehensive Guide,
>
> By Korry and Susan Douglas - a very good reference that I am using as I
> tackle specific tasks.  I think a good overview would help me as I
> basically
>
> Self-educate.
>
>
>
> Thank you and I look forward to working with you through your mailing list.
>
>
>
> Mark Steben
>
> AutoRevenue
>
> Lee, Massachusetts
>
> MSteben@autorevenue.com

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Achilleas Mantzios

On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 11:13:24AM +0300, Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
>
> I think, apart from postgresql you gotta get familiar with the linux/*bsd/unix
> concepts as well, as sometimes performance has to do with OS tuning too.

Let me echo that, because it's extremely important: when I was in
charge of hiring people to work on our databases, I was very
concerned not to get the sort of people who felt that the system was
"the sysadmin's problem".  You _cannot_ treat the operating system as
not your problem when addressing performance questions in PostgreSQL.
This is a very unfamiliar situation to most Oracle and some DB2
administrators, in my experience.  The good ones, of course, have no
problem catching on; the bad ones never deserved the name DBA anyway
;-)

A

--
Andrew Sullivan  | ajs@crankycanuck.ca
Users never remark, "Wow, this software may be buggy and hard
to use, but at least there is a lot of code underneath."
        --Damien Katz

Another very good resource is the PostgreSQL documentation itself --> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/index.html

Thanks,
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Shoaib Mir
EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com)

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