X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.192]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7854DD1C7F4 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2003 23:24:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (svr4.postgresql.org [64.117.224.192]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 68493-06 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2003 23:24:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (momjian.navpoint.com [207.106.42.251]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF686D1C509 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2003 20:24:31 -0300 (ADT) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h6KNONg00291; Sun, 20 Jul 2003 19:24:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200307202324.h6KNONg00291@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL In-Reply-To: <000d01c344b3$db2add00$01000001@trouble> To: Brian Tarbox Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 19:24:23 -0400 (EDT) Cc: "scott.marlowe" , Brian Tarbox , michael.mattox@verideon.com, Rafal Kedziorski , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL99 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200307/314 X-Sequence-Number: 2607 Brian Tarbox wrote: > Oddly enough, the particular application in question will have an extremely > small user base...perhaps a few simultainous users at most. > > As to the testing, I neglected to say early in this thread that my manager > instructed me _not_ to do further performance testing...so as a good > consultant I complied. I'm not going to touch if that was a smart > instruction to give :-) Performance is probably 'good enough', and you can revisit it later when you have more time. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073