29 Jan
2012
29 Jan
'12
5:36 a.m.
YvesDM wrote:
Just wondering, do you see performance increase using postgres instead of mysql?
Yes. MySQL can be higher performance than older versions of PostGreSQL, if you don't do database writes. Newer versions of Postgres have similar performance to MySQL, with the benefit of allowing writes. i.e. the "MyISAM" driver is fast but unsafe. The "InnoDB" is slower but safe. Postgres has the best of both.
I would rather think the opposite, but must admit that I'm no db expert and have not much experience with postgres.
The main reason to use MySQL is familiarity. That, and MySQL cluster. For most normal systems, Postgresql is a better choice. Alan DeKok.