To properly evaluate the strengths of PostgreSQL and MySQL, the two leading open-source databases, one must look at the history and pedigree of each, and their feature functionality and performance.

While MySQL has offered built-in replication for a number of years, PostgreSQL replication used to be accomplished via community software that was an add-on to the core Postgres Server. That all ...

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A survey of PostgreSQL users has found that the levels of uptime experienced using cloud providers falls well short of their ...

Failing to prioritise database administration may not trigger alarms at first – but over time, the costs add up: Downtime and outages: Unpatched systems, bloated storage or poorly configured instances ...

Head-to-head comparison shows MySQL failing to report major data errors, which would lead to big headaches for developers. Topics Spotlight: New Thinking about Cloud Computing; ...

Interest in PostgreSQL has risen recently. There were reports earlier this month of Apple dumping MySQL for PostgreSQL in Mac OS X Lion Server. And back in June, blogger Matt Asay wondered aloud ...

Until now, to use MySQL or PostgreSQL on Azure, they would have had to spin up virtual machines to run and operate those database systems themselves.