Bruce Momjian wrote: > Dave Page wrote: > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Nicolai Tufar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 05 February 2004 00:01 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] PITR Dead horse? > > > > > > Totally agree. Robustness and rock-solidness are the only > > > things missing for PostgreSQL to become the killer of certain > > > commercial enterprise databases out there. > > > > Well I've only been using PostgreSQL since 1997 and the *only* release I > > ever had problems with was 6.3.2. We also use(d) Informix SE, DB2, > > Unidata and SQL Server and only Informix and Unidata come close to the > > robustness of PostgreSQL - and they're not the ones we need to worry > > about. > > > > Now I'm not saying we shouldn't be continually looking to improve > > things, but I don't think this is quite the problem you imply. > > I assume he was talking about the lack of data recovery in cases of hard > drive failure --- we now require you restore from backup or use a > replicated machine/drive setup.
I retract this email. He clearly was talking about PostgreSQL reliability, and Dave is right, it is pretty much a non-issue, though maybe mindshare needs some help. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
