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.org TLD Now Runs on PostgreSQL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the enterprise-ready dept.

johnnyb writes "The .org domain, which has long run on Oracle systems, is now being transferred to a PostgreSQL system. I guess we can now dispel the "untested in mission-critical applications" myth."

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  1. pfffttt.. by destiney · · Score: 0, Troll


    So what, it's still slow as hell.

    MySQL rulez!

  2. wait for IBM by axxackall · · Score: 0, Troll
    That's the monster who goes after PostgreSQL and forces users to migrate to DB/2.

    Sourceforge has been planning to migrate from MySQL to PostgreSQL and even re-wrote part of their software. Untill IBM came. Now it's powered by DB/2.

    Under the pressure from IBM Red Hat has dropped PostgreSQL in a flaviour of DB/2, forgeiing that with RedHat Linux they selled PostgreSQL called RedHat Database for few years.

    Several open-source projects' bugzilla repositories has been forced to move from PostgreSQL to DB/2.

    IBM doesn't afraid Linux as they don't care what OS is installed on their x86 computers and they have the profit on RS6K more from hardware and applications than from AIX. But IBM is really scared by PostgreSQL as a competitor of DB/2. No wonder they use similar methods as Microsoft does being scared by Linux.

    So, don't dance congratulating the win. Wait for the monster.

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  3. Re:Another victory for open source by Kethinov · · Score: 0, Troll

    wtf? I don't even know how the karma system on slashdot works. I just posted my opinion. Sheesh.

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  4. I thought that by cjjjer · · Score: 0, Troll

    Slashdot is the only .org site I ever visit. I was begining to think that it was the only one. A friggin' Vic 20 could serve up the requests for .org.

  5. Why? Aren't there still better choices? by Jayson · · Score: 1, Troll

    I am assuming you want pure reporting speed and that there will be a couple of batch additions and updates a day. Is this a correct assuption of the usage pattern, or am I off?

    In that case there is a whole class of databases -- are better than traditional sytle -- of column oriented databases that will smoke Oracle or PostgreSQL. Fastest amoung them is probably KDB. It doesn't seem like there is that much information in the database, so maybe even a memory resident database would perform better.

    I still don't understand, why PostreSQL? It is a cost issue? It certainly isn't a decision based on performance.