White Papers and Data Sheets

EnterpriseDB promotes community education through vibrant ecosystem of solutions, industry thought leaders, partners and customers. Below you will find white papers that provide context and practices for using Postgres Plus® and data sheets that provide helpful details on EnterpriseDB's products, services and partner programs.

WP Oracle Cost Containment


A Manager's Guide to Oracle Cost Containment

This paper identifies popular Oracle cost containment strategies and provides helpful case studies that illustrate how Oracle costs are being managed in the field today at Sony Online Entertainment and FTD florists.
WP Postgres Plus Advanced Server


Beyond PostgreSQL: A Look Inside Postgres Plus Advanced Server
EnterpriseDB's Postgres Plus Advanced Server builds on the rock-solid PostgreSQL foundation to deliver significant value-added features not available in the community edition.
High Availability Database Strategies


High Availability Database Solutions for PostgreSQL and Postgres Plus
This paper discusses the failover and redundancy capabilities of specific high availability products that can be used in conjunction with PostgreSQL, Postgres Plus, and the Oracle-compatible database Postgres Plus Advanced Server.

Postgres Plus and JBoss


Postgres Plus and JBoss®: New Division of Labor for New Enterprise Applications
Traditional Web and enterprise application architectures leverage JBoss extensively to service compute-, display- and data-intensive operations. But Web 2.0 and other advanced applications require much higher volumes of transactional data, and their scaling requirements are indeterminate. This paper suggests a rebalancing of responsibilities between JBoss and Postgres Plus.
PostgreSQL vs MySQL


PostgreSQL vs MySQL®: A Comparison in Enterprise Suitability
This paper discusses a wide range of PostgreSQL features, functionality, and performance that are critical to enterprise database deployments and contrasts them to MySQL's current offering.
Web 2.0 Database Strategies


Web 2.0 Database Strategies: New Applications Need New Architectures
The objective of this white paper is to help you determine whether to adopt an open source database as part of your IT infrastructure. Further, the paper explores three adoption strategies IT organizations are using successfully today.
Delivering Oracle Compatibility


Delivering Oracle® Compatibility: An EnterpriseDB White Paper
Take a high-level tour through the five main areas of Oracle Compatibility built into Postgres Plus Advanced Server. For a more detailed document, download the Oracle Compatibility Developer's Guide.
Oracle Compatibility Guide


Oracle® Compatibility Developer's Guide
This guide describes the Oracle compatibility features of Postgres Plus Advanced Server. Oracle compatibility means that an application runs in an Oracle environment as well as in a Postgres Plus Advanced Server environment with minimal or no changes to the application code.

EnterpriseDB Performance Benchmarking


EnterpriseDB Engineering Study: Performance Benchmarking
EnterpriseDB engineers put three databases through rigorous performance benchmarking. Using the open source benchmark, BenchmarkSQL, EnterpriseDB engineers compare EnterpriseDB with MySQL and a popular proprietary database.