From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: kientzle@acm.org
Cc: PostgreSQL general mailing list <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Re: MySQL and PostgreSQL speed compare
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:07:56 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <200101022107.QAA04713@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3A4D404A.F4B4DE6E@acm.org>
> One big advantage of MySQL over PostgreSQL
> right now is ease of upgrading. Upgrading
> MySQL just requires shutting down the old
> one and starting the new; PostgreSQL requires
> a more involved process to migrate all of
> your data. (Of course, upgrading your DB
> is never a simple matter, but at least
> MySQL tries to make it less painful.)
Yes, that is a good point. We are clearly fixing/improving the storage
system, while MySQL has been able to keep the same one for many years.
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