Re: What so special about PostgreSQL and other RDBMS?

From: Volker Hetzer <volker.hetzer_at_ieee.org>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 14:11:37 +0200
Message-ID: <c7t49p$dg1$1@nntp.fujitsu-siemens.com>

"Steve" <stevesusenet_at_yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:6f8cb8c9.0405120252.6f31f716_at_posting.google.com...
> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1083695957.163784_at_yasure>...
> > Sarah Tanembaum wrote:
> >
> > > Beside its an opensource and supported by community, what's the fundamental
> > > differences between PostgreSQL and those high-price commercial database (and
> > > some are bloated such as Oracle) from software giant such as Microsoft SQL
> > > Server, Oracle, and Sybase?
> > >
> > > Is PostgreSQL reliable enough to be used for high-end commercial
> > > application? Thanks
> >
> > PostgreSQL is highly overrated and not suitable for any environment
> > where little things like crash recovery and security are a priority.
>
> What database does Google use?

They offer jobs maintaining a "Linux cluster consisting of more than 10,000 servers". I doubt that any single database scales that far.

Lots of Greetings!
Volker Received on Wed May 12 2004 - 07:11:37 CDT