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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:31:32 -0500
From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
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Subject: Re: Postgresql in a Virtual Machine
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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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