Thread: Postgres vs. Redhat DB

<p><font size="2">I have a couple of questions regarding postgres and what it can handle.</font><p><font
size="2">Situation:</font><br /><font size="2">I am looking a implementing postgres as my main backend for a internal
corp.website.  I will have huge amounts of data (up in the gig).  I would like to have 2 database servers.  One will be
themaster and one the slave.  I will also have two web servers and a development server that will be used for
developmentand moving all data to the other servers.  I am planning to implement vrrp on the web server; either by
routeron daemon.</font><p><font size="2">Questions:</font><br /><font size="2">1. Does postgres handle data grouping
similarto Oracles blobs and/or clobs?</font><br /><font size="2">2. Does postgres support replication or some type of
master/slaverelation? If yes, where can I find docs on implementation.</font><p><font size="2">3. What is the
differencebetween PostgreSQL and RedHat's version?</font><br /><p><font size="2">Thank You,</font><br /><p><font
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On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Hunter, Ray wrote:

> 3. What is the difference between PostgreSQL and RedHat's version?

Redhat's version runs on (and I believe has optimizations for?) Linux ...
PgSQL runs on pretty much everything ...

"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> writes:
> On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Hunter, Ray wrote:
>> 3. What is the difference between PostgreSQL and RedHat's version?

> Redhat's version runs on (and I believe has optimizations for?) Linux ...
> PgSQL runs on pretty much everything ...

Red Hat's version is not presently materially different from the
community PostgreSQL version.  In the future, the latest RH release
might be ahead of, behind, or different from the latest community
release at any given instant, due to vagaries of release cycles,
customer feature requests, or what have you.  But there is no intention
on either side (I fervently hope and believe) to cause a code fork
or long-term divergence.

Red Hat will provide commercial-grade support for PostgreSQL running on
RH Linux, and not for PG on any other system (AFAIK anyway).  But what
you're buying if you buy RHDB is that support, not a fundamentally
different product.
        regards, tom lane        Red Hat Database project