Re: PostgreSQL Benchmarks

Ask him if he ever accessed a .org web site.  That name lookup will be
powered by PostgreSQL soon.  They just won the contract yesterday.

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Diogo Biazus wrote:
> I agree tottaly with you, but I need some data to show to my clients.
> Today I use PostgreSQL in a couple of projects and it always fulfilled
> my needs.
> I already analysed the situation and I think PostgreSQL is perfect for
> this project,
> but the client does not trust in an open source solution.
>
> Maybe some benchmarks comparing pg to comercial databases would help to
> convince him.
> I found a comparison chart in the MySQL site, but if anynone knows about
> something else.
>
> TIA
>
>  >Probably at Microsoft site but I wooldn't recommend you to trust them.
>  >I think this is not a relevant information unless you want to show your
>  >boss
>  >that postgres is a spark light.
>  >You should analyse your needs and see if postgres or any other rdbms is
>  >what
>  >you need regardless of being the fastest/slowest on the market.
>  >I use it for many applications and don't care if it is faster or slower
>  >than
>  >any other rdms. I am probably far below its possibilities on the hardware
>  >it
>  >is given, but it does what I need it to do and that's more than enough for
>  >me.
>  >
>  >Hope this helps.
>  >Fathi Ben Nasr
>  >
>  >Diogo Biazus a ?crit :
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >>Does anybody knows where I can find good PostgreSQL benchmarks comparing
>  >>it to Oracle and/or MS SQL Server?
>  >>
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