Received: from maia.hub.org (unknown [200.46.208.211]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82A0F632B03 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:22:14 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.211]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 32656-05 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:21:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E632634196 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:22:03 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o2NJM2gk005343; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:22:02 -0400 (EDT) To: "Ross J. Reedstrom" cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: mysql to postgresql, performance questions In-reply-to: <20100323185232.GD6662@rice.edu> References: <4BA23936.2030507@gmail.com> <4BA596D2.4050406@squeakycode.net> <20100323185232.GD6662@rice.edu> Comments: In-reply-to "Ross J. Reedstrom" message dated "Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:52:32 -0500" Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:22:01 -0400 Message-ID: <5342.1269372121@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.462 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=AWL=0.137, BAYES_00=-2.599 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201003/293 X-Sequence-Number: 38118 "Ross J. Reedstrom" writes: > On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 10:47:30PM -0500, Andy Colson wrote: >> (I added the "and trust" as an after thought, because I do have one very >> important 100% uptime required mysql database that is running. Its my >> MythTV box at home, and I have to ask permission from my GF before I take >> the box down to upgrade anything. And heaven forbid if it crashes or >> anything. So I do have experience with care and feeding of mysql. And no, >> I'm not kidding.) > Andy, you are so me! I have the exact same one-and-only-one mission > critical mysql DB, but the gatekeeper is my wife. And experience with > that instance has made me love and trust PostgreSQL even more. So has anyone looked at porting MythTV to PG? regards, tom lane