Thread: Oracle & PostgreSQL DBAs wanted ....

Folks,

... for interview.  I'd like someone, or several someones, who are
currently running both Oracle and PostgreSQL in production and can do a
compare/contrast.   With good things to say about PG, of course.

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

On 4/11/06, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
> ... for interview.  I'd like someone, or several someones, who are
> currently running both Oracle and PostgreSQL in production and can do a
> compare/contrast.   With good things to say about PG, of course.

Yo... I've been an Oracle DBA/developer/consultant for a long time
now.  I'd be glad to answer some questions fer ya.  Things I like
better about PostgreSQL vs. Oracle and vice-versa.

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We can probably set you up with Sony Online Entertainment. Who is the
interviewer or the audience?

> -----Original Message-----
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> owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Josh Berkus
> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 2:48 PM
> To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
> Subject: [pgsql-advocacy] Oracle & PostgreSQL DBAs wanted ....
>
> Folks,
>
> ... for interview.  I'd like someone, or several someones, who are
> currently running both Oracle and PostgreSQL in production and can do
a
> compare/contrast.   With good things to say about PG, of course.
>
> --
> --Josh
>
> Josh Berkus
> Aglio Database Solutions
> San Francisco
>
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Hehe.  World of Warcraft goes down for 8 hours every week for
"maintenance".  I always wonder if they're running 'VACUUM FULL' :D

(Yes I know it's not Sony)

Chris

Andy Astor wrote:
> We can probably set you up with Sony Online Entertainment. Who is the
> interviewer or the audience?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pgsql-advocacy-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-advocacy-
>> owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Josh Berkus
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 2:48 PM
>> To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
>> Subject: [pgsql-advocacy] Oracle & PostgreSQL DBAs wanted ....
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>> ... for interview.  I'd like someone, or several someones, who are
>> currently running both Oracle and PostgreSQL in production and can do
> a
>> compare/contrast.   With good things to say about PG, of course.
>>
>> --
>> --Josh
>>
>> Josh Berkus
>> Aglio Database Solutions
>> San Francisco
>>
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> broadcast)---------------------------
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>
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Josh,

I do part of DBA jobs with Oracle and PG. And since 6 years I develop in parallel applicatiosn using PG and Oracle --- 50% of them use both databases and even "connect" them.

If I can be of use, let me know,

Harald




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On Tuesday 11 April 2006 23:50, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> Hehe.  World of Warcraft goes down for 8 hours every week for
> "maintenance".  I always wonder if they're running 'VACUUM FULL' :D
>

It must be hard to squeeze in work, girlfriend, sleep and open source in just
8 hours... no wonder I have more ppa patches in than you ;-)

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On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 07:24 -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 April 2006 23:50, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > Hehe.  World of Warcraft goes down for 8 hours every week for
> > "maintenance".  I always wonder if they're running 'VACUUM FULL' :D
> >
>
> It must be hard to squeeze in work, girlfriend, sleep and open source in just
> 8 hours... no wonder I have more ppa patches in than you ;-)

Well based on the timeline you propsed, I doubt girlfriend exists
anymore... I find that those things take a great deal more time (well in
my case wife) then anything I do.

Not that I am complaining.

Joshua D. Drake

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 Wed, 2006-04-12 at 10:30, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 07:24 -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> > On Tuesday 11 April 2006 23:50, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > > Hehe.  World of Warcraft goes down for 8 hours every week for
> > > "maintenance".  I always wonder if they're running 'VACUUM FULL' :D
> > >
> >
> > It must be hard to squeeze in work, girlfriend, sleep and open source in just
> > 8 hours... no wonder I have more ppa patches in than you ;-)
>
> Well based on the timeline you propsed, I doubt girlfriend exists
> anymore... I find that those things take a great deal more time (well in
> my case wife) then anything I do.
>

That's the beauty of WoW, you can keep a girlfriend if you can get her
hooked on it.


Robert Treat
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On Apr 11, 2006, at 10:50 PM, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:

> Hehe.  World of Warcraft goes down for 8 hours every week for
> "maintenance".  I always wonder if they're running 'VACUUM FULL' :D

Do they run PostgreSQL? Blizzard was actually founded by two
fraternity brothers...
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