Re: [PERFORM] Does PostgreSQL run with Oracle?

2004-10-21 Thread Jim C. Nasby
On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 10:19:48AM -0700, Steve Atkins wrote: On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 11:54:44AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My basic question to the community is is PostgreSQL approximately as fast as Oracle? I'm currently running single processor UltraSPARC workstations, and intend

Re: [PERFORM] Does PostgreSQL run with Oracle?

2004-10-19 Thread Greg Sabino Mullane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My basic question to the community is is PostgreSQL approximately as fast as Oracle? I don't want benchmarks, they're BS. I want a gut feel from this community because I know many of you are in mixed shops that run both products, or have

[PERFORM] Does PostgreSQL run with Oracle?

2004-10-15 Thread Richard_D_Levine
My basic question to the community is is PostgreSQL approximately as fast as Oracle? I don't want benchmarks, they're BS. I want a gut feel from this community because I know many of you are in mixed shops that run both products, or have had experience with both. I fully intend to tune, vacuum,

Re: [PERFORM] Does PostgreSQL run with Oracle?

2004-10-15 Thread Steve Atkins
On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 11:54:44AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My basic question to the community is is PostgreSQL approximately as fast as Oracle? I'm currently running single processor UltraSPARC workstations, and intend to use Intel Arch laptops and Linux. The application is a big

Re: [PERFORM] Does PostgreSQL run with Oracle?

2004-10-15 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My basic question to the community is is PostgreSQL approximately as fast as Oracle? The anecdotal evidence I've seen leaves me with the impression that when you first take an Oracle-based app and drop it into Postgres, it won't perform particularly well, but with

Re: [PERFORM] Does PostgreSQL run with Oracle?

2004-10-15 Thread Mike Rylander
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:54:44 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My basic question to the community is is PostgreSQL approximately as fast as Oracle? My personal experience comparing PG to Oracle is across platforms, Oracle on Sun/Solaris (2.7, quad-proc R440) and PG on