Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 856F79F95A4 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 08:03:32 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 66084-10 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 08:03:21 -0400 (AST) Received: from pinus.cc.fer.hr (pinus.cc.fer.hr [161.53.73.18]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D1409F96EE for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 08:03:27 -0400 (AST) Received: from [161.53.72.113] (lara.cc.fer.hr [161.53.72.113]) by pinus.cc.fer.hr (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id lA9CKFGp027612 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:20:15 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <47344D43.5090506@geri.cc.fer.hr> Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:06:27 +0100 From: Ivan Voras User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070801) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: PostgreSQL vs MySQL, and FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.001 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=BAYES_50=0.001 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200711/133 X-Sequence-Number: 27548 Hi, I just read this document and thought I should share it with this list: http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/7.0%20Preview.pdf Among other things (FreeBSD advocacy, mostly :) ), it contains a direct comparison between MySQL and PostgreSQL on various platforms, with PostgreSQL winning!