Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-04-13 Thread Martin Gainty
]> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/09/07 10:50, Erik Jones wrote: On Apr 9, 2007, at 9:46 AM, Vivek Khera wrote: [snip] One thing that was really counte

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-04-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/09/07 10:50, Erik Jones wrote: > > On Apr 9, 2007, at 9:46 AM, Vivek Khera wrote: [snip] >> One thing that was really counter-intuitive to me from a guy who runs >> really large databases, was to get rid of some of the FK's and manage >> them in

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-04-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/09/07 14:05, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Alexander Staubo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On Apr 9, 2007, at 18:10 , Gerard Seibert wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:34:22 -0500 >>> Erik Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hmmm... I di

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-04-09 Thread Robert Treat
On Monday 09 April 2007 11:50, Erik Jones wrote: > On Apr 9, 2007, at 9:46 AM, Vivek Khera wrote: > > On Apr 9, 2007, at 10:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> It would be a really great service to this community if you would > >> capture those issues and publish documentation (but feel free to >

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-04-09 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Alexander Staubo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Apr 9, 2007, at 18:10 , Gerard Seibert wrote: > > > On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:34:22 -0500 > > Erik Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hmmm... I didn't have anything HTML set anywhere. I did however > >> have message formatting set to

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-04-09 Thread Alexander Staubo
On Apr 9, 2007, at 18:10 , Gerard Seibert wrote: On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:34:22 -0500 Erik Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hmmm... I didn't have anything HTML set anywhere. I did however have message formatting set to Rich-Text (although I was unaware) and have switched that to plaintext. Thi

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-04-09 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:34:22 -0500 Erik Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm... I didn't have anything HTML set anywhere. I did however > have message formatting set to Rich-Text (although I was unaware) > and have switched that to plaintext. This look better? Yes, much better. I believe t

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-04-09 Thread Erik Jones
On Apr 9, 2007, at 9:46 AM, Vivek Khera wrote: On Apr 9, 2007, at 10:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would be a really great service to this community if you would capture those issues and publish documentation (but feel free to change or omit the names to protect the incompetent^w inn

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-04-09 Thread Erik Jones
On Apr 9, 2007, at 9:40 AM, Gerard wrote: On Monday April 09, 2007 at 10:19:53 (AM) Erik Jones wrote: On Apr 9, 2007, at 8:15 AM, Vivek Khera wrote: On Mar 27, 2007, at 4:09 PM, Tony Caduto wrote: Another thing is this, how hard could it possibly be for a MS SQL DBA or Oracle DBA to pic

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-04-09 Thread Vivek Khera
On Apr 9, 2007, at 10:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would be a really great service to this community if you would capture those issues and publish documentation (but feel free to change or omit the names to protect the incompetent^w innocent!). There's no incompetence involved... the

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-04-09 Thread Gerard
On Monday April 09, 2007 at 10:19:53 (AM) Erik Jones wrote: > On Apr 9, 2007, at 8:15 AM, Vivek Khera wrote: > > > > > On Mar 27, 2007, at 4:09 PM, Tony Caduto wrote: > > > >> Another thing is this, how hard could it possibly be for a MS SQL > >> DBA or Oracle DBA to pick up using PostgreSQL?

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-04-09 Thread Erik Jones
On Apr 9, 2007, at 8:15 AM, Vivek Khera wrote: On Mar 27, 2007, at 4:09 PM, Tony Caduto wrote: Another thing is this, how hard could it possibly be for a MS SQL DBA or Oracle DBA to pick up using PostgreSQL? I don't think it would take a decent admin of any database to come up to speed in

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-04-09 Thread btober
Vivek Khera wrote: On Mar 27, 2007, at 4:09 PM, Tony Caduto wrote: Another thing is this, how hard could it possibly be for a MS SQL DBA or Oracle DBA to pick up using PostgreSQL? I don't think it would take a decent admin of any database to come up to speed in a very short time as long as th

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-04-09 Thread Vivek Khera
On Mar 27, 2007, at 4:09 PM, Tony Caduto wrote: Another thing is this, how hard could it possibly be for a MS SQL DBA or Oracle DBA to pick up using PostgreSQL? I don't think it would take a decent admin of any database to come up to speed in a very short time as long as they were interested

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Erik Jones
On Mar 27, 2007, at 3:58 PM, Jorge Godoy wrote: "Merlin Moncure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: On 3/27/07, Erik Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not having looked myself, this is as much a question as a suggestion, but are there not postgres dba training seminars/courses you could recommend

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Chris Browne
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony Caduto) writes: > Another thing is this, how hard could it possibly be for a MS SQL DBA > or Oracle DBA to pick up using PostgreSQL? > I don't think it would take a decent admin of any database to come up > to speed in a very short time as long as they were interested in doi

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 15:58, Jorge Godoy wrote: > I have the same opinion. Just look around and see how many "certified > something" are there and how many of them *really* know the product, its > details, how to work with it. > > Certifications don't even certify the minimum knowledge. They ar

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Jorge Godoy
"Merlin Moncure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 3/27/07, Erik Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Not having looked myself, this is as much a question as a suggestion, but >> are there not postgres dba training seminars/courses you could recommend >> they send their dba's to? > > There are some

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 15:09, Tony Caduto wrote: > >> The sad reality from what I have observed is that unless more people gain > >> those skills and want to work in ops, it's becoming very hard for me to > >> justify recommending postgresql for enterprise (or larger) scale projects. > >> > >> Wha

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Tony Caduto
The sad reality from what I have observed is that unless more people gain those skills and want to work in ops, it's becoming very hard for me to justify recommending postgresql for enterprise (or larger) scale projects. What do others do and/or experience? I think there are peopl

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Merlin Moncure
On 3/27/07, Erik Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not having looked myself, this is as much a question as a suggestion, but are there not postgres dba training seminars/courses you could recommend they send their dba's to? There are some classes out there but in my opinion your best bet (from p

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Bruce Momjian
Oleg Bartunov wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >> Peter Eisentraut wrote: > >>> Oleg Bartunov wrote: > Probably, it's time to sponsor our book-writers and other enthusiasts > to write "PostgreSQL Administration handbook", which we (communi

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 08:54, Marc Evans wrote: > Hello - > > Over the past couple of years I have made use of postgresql as my database > of choice when developing new software. During that time, my clients have > in multiple cases eventually come back to me and requested a re-targeting > to "A

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Oleg Bartunov
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Bruce Momjian wrote: Joshua D. Drake wrote: Peter Eisentraut wrote: Oleg Bartunov wrote: Probably, it's time to sponsor our book-writers and other enthusiasts to write "PostgreSQL Administration handbook", which we (community) will accept, support and translate to differe

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Oleg Bartunov
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Peter Eisentraut wrote: Oleg Bartunov wrote: Probably, it's time to sponsor our book-writers and other enthusiasts to write "PostgreSQL Administration handbook", which we (community) will accept, support and translate to different languages. http://www.postgresql.org/docs

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Bruce Momjian
Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > Oleg Bartunov wrote: > >> Probably, it's time to sponsor our book-writers and other enthusiasts > >> to write "PostgreSQL Administration handbook", which we (community) > >> will accept, support and translate to different languages. > > > > http

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Peter Eisentraut wrote: Oleg Bartunov wrote: Probably, it's time to sponsor our book-writers and other enthusiasts to write "PostgreSQL Administration handbook", which we (community) will accept, support and translate to different languages. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/admin.

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Oleg Bartunov wrote: > Probably, it's time to sponsor our book-writers and other enthusiasts > to write "PostgreSQL Administration handbook", which we (community) > will accept, support and translate to different languages. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/admin.html -- Peter Eisent

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Federico
On 3/27/07, Oleg Bartunov wrote: Marc, I forwarded your message to pgsql-advocacy list. The same situation in Russia ! I think, that the major problem here is lack of "official" training courses on PostgreSQL and certificates. "Official" mean something that was accepted by the PostgreSQL commun

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Oleg Bartunov
Marc, I forwarded your message to pgsql-advocacy list. The same situation in Russia ! I think, that the major problem here is lack of "official" training courses on PostgreSQL and certificates. "Official" mean something that was accepted by the PostgreSQL community. This is a real pity, since w

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Erik Jones
On Mar 27, 2007, at 9:37 AM, Merlin Moncure wrote: On 3/27/07, Marc Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello - Over the past couple of years I have made use of postgresql as my database of choice when developing new software. During that time, my clients have in multiple cases eventually co

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Merlin Moncure
On 3/27/07, Marc Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello - Over the past couple of years I have made use of postgresql as my database of choice when developing new software. During that time, my clients have in multiple cases eventually come back to me and requested a re-targeting to "Any databas

[GENERAL] Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

2007-03-27 Thread Marc Evans
Hello - Over the past couple of years I have made use of postgresql as my database of choice when developing new software. During that time, my clients have in multiple cases eventually come back to me and requested a re-targeting to "Any database that we (my client) can find skilled ops staff