Re: Postgres v MySQL 5.0

Dawid,

> PS: And as for outsider's perception of PostgreSQL it is still common
> that people think PostgreSQL doesn't provide replication.  I think Slony
> really should be mentioned in "Server administration", along with
> other external tools like pg_pool, or pgreplicator.

I believe that Bruce has done this for 8.2.

> Oh, and it would be very, very good idea to put into the documentation
> more verbose information how to marry PostgreSQL with external
> tools.  Something like a simple use cases.  For instance, for "Backup
> and Restore" section it would be nice to put information how to use
> it together with AMANDA and with Tivoli Storage Manager.  Maybe
> a section about pg_pool and how can it be used to help with OLTP
> load.

Documentation contributions are always welcome.  If stuff is too
platform-specific to go into the general docs, we'll put it up on TechDocs.

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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco