From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Craig James <cjames@emolecules.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Postgresql in a Virtual Machine
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:31:32 -0500
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On 11/26/2013 09:26 AM, Craig James wrote:
>
> On 25.11.2013 22:01, Lee Nguyen wrote:
>
>
> Why shouldn't we run Postgres in a VM? What are the
> downsides? Does anyone
> have any metrics or benchmarks with the latest Postgres?
>
>
> For those of us with small (a few to a dozen servers), we'd like to
> get out of server maintenance completely. Can anyone with experience
> on a cloud VM solution comment? Do the VM solutions provided by the
> major hosting companies have the same good performance as the VM's
> that that several have described here?
>
> Obviously there's Amazon's new Postgres solution available. What else
> is out there in the way of "instant on" solutions with
> Linux/Postgres/Apache preconfigured systems? Has anyone used them in
> production?
>
>
If you want a full stack including Postgres, Heroku might be your best
bet. Depends a bit on your application and your workload. And yes, I've
used it. Full disclosure: I have done work paid for by Heroku.
cheers
andrew
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