Daily Archives: January 8th, 2007

Now, to be fair to MySQL

you could use the mysql binary logs, stored on an infinidisk, to accomplish much the same thing, however, the fact that the pgsql WAL’s are copied automatically by the database server, and no nasty hacks are needed makes PostgreSQL a much cleaner first choice IMHO. However I’ve of course not tested this… yet..

EC2 S3 PGSQL WAL PITR Infinidisk: The backend stack that just might change web services forever!

I have written mostly about MySQL here in the past. The reason for this is simple: MySQL is what I know. I have always been a die hard “everything in its place and a place for everything” fanatic. I’ll bash Microsoft with the best of them, but I still recognize their place in the market. [...]