> > It appears that PostgreSQL is two to three times slower > than MySQL. > > For example, some pages that have some 30,000 characters > (when saved > > as HTML) take 1 to 1 1/2 seconds with MySQL but 3 to 4 seconds with > > PostgreSQL. I had read that the former was generally > faster than the > > latter, particularly for simple web applications but I was > hoping that > > Postgres' performance would not be that noticeably slower. > > Are you comparing PostgreSQL on XP to MySQL on XP or > PostgreSQL on Linux to MySQL on Linux? Our performance on XP > is not great. Also, which version of PostgreSQL are you using?
That actually depends a lot on *how* you use it. I've seen pg-on-windows deployments that come within a few percent of the linux performance. I've also seen those that are absolutely horrible compared. One sure way to kill the performance is to do a lot of small connections. Using persistent connection is even more important on Windows than it is on Unix. It could easily explain a difference like this. //Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
