How to Efficiently Choose the Right Database for Your Applications

Re:How to Efficiently Choose the Right Database for Your App... by mrweasel on Sunday February 28, 2021 @05:00AM (#26292135)

We use it and sell Oracle DB consulting services. Support from Oracle is pretty good. Postgresql also cannot compete with Oracle in HA setups.

Don’t get me wrong, we love Postgresql, and MariaDB, but Oracle is still a great database, with all the features and stability you could possibly want, just at a hefty price.

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Re:How to Efficiently Choose the Right Database for Your App... by smarx007 on Sunday February 28, 2021 @05:43AM (#26292355)

I am pretty sure at least some of this is not 100% true. Otherwise "Russian Gmail" would not migrate 300TB from Oracle to Postresql https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12489055

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Re:How to Efficiently Choose the Right Database for Your App... by mrweasel on Sunday February 28, 2021 @06:27AM (#26292587)

I think that’s an edge case, most businesses don’t have the scale where the investment in building a Postgresql setup like that is cheaper than just paying Oracle.

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Re:How to Efficiently Choose the Right Database for Your App... by pjmlp on Sunday February 28, 2021 @07:25AM (#26292897)

I am quite certain that Oracle being an high profile US company, and possibility of export restrictions, also played a role.

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