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.org TLD Now Runs on PostgreSQL
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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Whats the matter, couldn't afford to pay the license fee for MySQL??
Pathetic.
How much time is the question, dipshit. Five fucking years? Five months?
It's more likely to measure in the years...
*cough*whore*cough*
I write in my journal
Bush is killing America, one family at a time.
So what, it's still slow as hell.
MySQL rulez!
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.
Less is more !
wtf? I don't even know how the karma system on slashdot works. I just posted my opinion. Sheesh.
You're right, I wouldn't steal a car. But if it were possible, I sure as hell would download one!
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.
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.
Goddamit why do you assholes always have to be making cheap biased potshots against commercial products? This is fucked up and NOT good journalism!!! you should be put to death for your sins and I surely hope you never ever get any pussy ever again because you sir are a disgusting pile of fetid maggot offal!!1!! FUCKHEAD!
mje0w!!!1!
Crawl back under your rock, Vlad.
WRONG!. I suggest you have a look again. pg_dump (which is used for backups) uses an ACCESS_LOCK on tables, which means it is the weakest possible lock and does not require a shutdown of your database.
I suggest you go back to 1998 when they fixed that problem if you are gonna make stupid comments like this. You are obviously living in the past.
Perhaps I should say that mysql doesn't support transactions. I am sure you would get up in a big stink about that.
Stupid fag.