Re: Does PostgreSQL run with Oracle? - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Greg Sabino Mullane
Subject Re: Does PostgreSQL run with Oracle?
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Msg-id 1f817f45d6cda937b40fda765f490601@biglumber.com
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In response to Does PostgreSQL run with Oracle?  (Richard_D_Levine@raytheon.com)
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> My basic question to the community is "is PostgreSQL approximately
> as fast as Oracle?"
>
> I don't want benchmarks, they're BS.  I want a gut feel from this community
> because I know many of you are in mixed shops that run both products, or
> have had experience with both.

My gut feeling is not just "as fast", but "often times faster." I've found very
few cases in which Oracle was faster, and that was usually due to some easily
spotted difference such as tablespace support.

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Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com
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