Tuning PostgreSQL for bulk imports

[Kirk Strauser]

On Monday 08 January 2007 1:51 am, Abdullah Al-Marrie wrote:

> Why did you choose PostgreSQL over MySQL 5.0.x?

We value our data, ruling out MyISAM.  PostgreSQL is much faster than InnoDB 
for many concurrent reads and complex queries.

> Is the latest PostgreSQL release performance much better than MySQL
> 5.0.x in RELENG_6 with SMP and 2 GB of ram now?

This has been true for our workload for several years.
-- 
Kirk Strauser
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