Re: Performance of PostgreSQL vs. Other DBs

> Hi,
>
> I am currently trying to sell the usefulness of PostgreSQL to my company
(A consulting firm). I need a couple convincing arguments. One thing that I
was unable to find good comparisons of is performance of PostgreSQL vs.
Others (Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase). Does anyone have any benchmarks that I
could use to demonstrate performance of PostgreSQL against these other
databases.
>
> By the way, even if PostgreSQL lags a little behind these numbers would
still be helpful to me for 2 reasons:
>
> 1) A little lag would still show that it is almost equivalent with
databases which cost significantly more.
> 2) Whether I should actually be pushing towards PostgreSQL if it is not
performing well enough.
>
> Thanks to anyone who can give me some information on this. Any info is
greatly appreciated.

I seem to remember that there is something in the Oracle license the
prohibits you from publishing performance analysis without Oracles approval.
Such restrictions give me the willies.  With such censorship in place I
think it is fair (but possibly incorrect) to assume that Oracles performance
is lousy.