Benchmarking is hard. Benchmarking databases is even harder. Benchmarking databases that follow different approaches (relational vs document) is...Read more
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PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is the world’s most advanced open source object-relational database management system. It was developed by the PostgreSQL Global Development Group.
Postgres Sees a Sharp Rise in Popularity with Developers For a long time now, PostgreSQL has been one of the most frequently deployed relational...Read more
Postgres Streaming Replication When I first got involved in managing a Postgres database, I was quickly introduced to the need for replication. My...Read more
Closing the Gap in Relational Databases The found ation of relational databases began with an experimental system. The core of that system was the...Read more
*/ The travails of the Dutch public sector and its adoption of IT has long been a topic of discussion in the Netherlands, but an investigation by...Read more
*/ Throughout the public sector, one of today’s most important trends is the adoption of open source software. Thanks to the transparency, security...Read more
Recently I spotted a study by Digital Ocean on the adoption of open source that found more than half of developers are contributing to open source...Read more
On Thursday I wrote about the new MongoDB compatible DocumentDB from AWS and its potential impact on MongoDB going forward. Following up from that, a...Read more
Industry analyst firm, 451 Research, just recently issued a report providing an overview of EnterpriseDB, its history and recent product news...Read more
Let’s talk TOAST! TOAST stands for The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique. EDB Postgres and PostgreSQL use a fixed page size (commonly 8 KB), and...Read more