Re: Postgresql in a Virtual Machine

On 11/26/2013 09:26 AM, Craig James wrote:
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>         On 25.11.2013 22:01, Lee Nguyen wrote:
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>             Why shouldn't we run Postgres in a VM?  What are the
>             downsides? Does anyone
>             have any metrics or benchmarks with the latest Postgres?
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> For those of us with small (a few to a dozen servers), we'd like to
> get out of server maintenance completely. Can anyone with experience
> on a cloud VM solution comment?  Do the VM solutions provided by the
> major hosting companies have the same good performance as the VM's
> that that several have described here?
>
> Obviously there's Amazon's new Postgres solution available.  What else
> is out there in the way of "instant on" solutions with
> Linux/Postgres/Apache preconfigured systems?  Has anyone used them in
> production?
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>

If you want a full stack including Postgres, Heroku might be your best
bet. Depends a bit on your application and your workload. And yes, I've
used it. Full disclosure: I have done work paid for by Heroku.

cheers

andrew