Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:57:55 +1100 From: Murray Taylor <murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com> To: James Pole <james@pole.net.nz> Cc: freebsdquestions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD + MySQL or PostgreSQL Message-ID: <1099979874.64462.97.camel@wstaylorm.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> In-Reply-To: <1851C0CE-3206-11D9-867A-000D93341F5C@pole.net.nz> References: <419027B8.8050202@nbritton.org> <1851C0CE-3206-11D9-867A-000D93341F5C@pole.net.nz>
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On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 15:16, James Pole wrote: > On 9/11/2004, at 3:13 PM, Nikolas Britton wrote: > > > Which one, MySQL or PostgreSQL, is most compatible, stable, etc. with > > FreeBSD 4.x and 5.x > > > > P.S. I'm NOT looking for opinions on which is better a product. > > Both work perfectly fine with FreeBSD, although I find MySQL easier to > set up and maintain under FreeBSD. There are also more documentation > available on the web for MySQL+FreeBSD. However it is possible to run > PostgreSQL on FreeBSD without any problems at all, especially if you > have experience using PostgreSQL on other platforms (eg Linux) as the > set-up and maintenance process should be similar on both sides of the > fence. > > Are there any specific requirements you need in an SQL database server? > > Regards, > James > We currently run MySQL in production very satisfactorily, and both on development systems. >From a technical standpoint only (ACID compliance) we are considering switching the production stuff to PostgreSQL cheers mjt -- Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer --------------------------------- Bytecraft Systems & Entertainment --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material. E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --------------------------------------------------------------- **************************************************************** This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. ****************************************************************
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