Interestingly enough, although mySQL seems to be the defacto standard in regards to openSource DBs, it appears that PostgreSQL (its opensource competitor) is 4 to 5 times faster. Here is a link to an independent testing that was done with mySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and some other 3rd party DBs.
It looks like Postgre was the only opensource DB that could hang with its commercial competitors.
http://apachetoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-08-14-008-01-PR-MR-SW
Is anyone currently using Postgre as their backend, and what are their experiences with this product? I am just curious as to whether it'd be worth the change or not.
= Jim =
