Is that performance I smell? Ext2 vs Ext3 on 50 spindles, testing for PostgreSQL
Posted Wednesday Apr 23rd, 2008 10:31am
by Joshua Drake | Permalink
There are few things I like better than when a customer says to the team, "I want the best machine I can buy for XXX dollars". It inspires a certain sense of joy not unlike the feeling an average Slashdot reader gets when they walk into the local gadget store.
It is particularly special because you know as much as you could make use of such a machine, you know you would never justify the expense.
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Posted Wednesday Apr 23rd, 2008 10:31am
by Joshua Drake | Permalink
There are few things I like better than when a customer says to the team, "I want the best machine I can buy for XXX dollars". It inspires a certain sense of joy not unlike the feeling an average Slashdot reader gets when they walk into the local gadget store.
It is particularly special because you know as much as you could make use of such a machine, you know you would never justify the expense.
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Categories: PostgreSQL, OpenSource
In the news again today :)... but for something technical
Posted Friday Apr 18th, 2008 01:54pm
by Joshua Drake | Permalink
Command Prompt made news today at the grace of our very good partners in the PostgreSQL Community, Truviso. We are working with Truviso to implement some very cool vacuum features that will help with long running transactions.
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Posted Friday Apr 18th, 2008 01:54pm
by Joshua Drake | Permalink
Command Prompt made news today at the grace of our very good partners in the PostgreSQL Community, Truviso. We are working with Truviso to implement some very cool vacuum features that will help with long running transactions.
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Additional comments about my talk at MySQLCon
Posted Friday Apr 18th, 2008 10:27am
by Joshua Drake | Permalink
Colin Charles blogged about my talk at MySQLCon. I wanted to clear a few things up that he mentioned.
I noted in my talk:
EnterpriseDB is the opposite, they’re closing up more and more.
I spoke with Bob Zurek who is the CTO of EnterpriseDB. I was not correct in my EnterpriseDB comment. My reference came from this page which is very difficult to tell which is Open Source and which is not. I still think they would benefit more if they would be to just open everything.
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Posted Friday Apr 18th, 2008 10:27am
by Joshua Drake | Permalink
Colin Charles blogged about my talk at MySQLCon. I wanted to clear a few things up that he mentioned.
I noted in my talk:
EnterpriseDB is the opposite, they’re closing up more and more.
I spoke with Bob Zurek who is the CTO of EnterpriseDB. I was not correct in my EnterpriseDB comment. My reference came from this page which is very difficult to tell which is Open Source and which is not. I still think they would benefit more if they would be to just open everything.
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What MySQL (and really, Sun) can learn from PostgreSQL
Posted Thursday Apr 17th, 2008 08:23pm
by Joshua Drake | Permalink
I spent April 17th, 2008 flying to San Jose, Ca only to arrive 30 minutes before my talk, "What MySQL can learn from PostgreSQL", jump in a cab and literally walk into the door of the room I was assigned, "right on time".
I think the talk went over fairly well. I opened with the statement, "This is not about MySQL AB, this is about MySQL and the community." I think it help set the tone for the presentation. I didn't want people to feel like I was attacking a profit model or a company.
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Posted Thursday Apr 17th, 2008 08:23pm
by Joshua Drake | Permalink
I spent April 17th, 2008 flying to San Jose, Ca only to arrive 30 minutes before my talk, "What MySQL can learn from PostgreSQL", jump in a cab and literally walk into the door of the room I was assigned, "right on time".
I think the talk went over fairly well. I opened with the statement, "This is not about MySQL AB, this is about MySQL and the community." I think it help set the tone for the presentation. I didn't want people to feel like I was attacking a profit model or a company.
Read more...
And finally here is the keynote
Posted Friday Apr 11th, 2008 11:11pm
by Joshua Drake | Permalink
Selena and I are a bit behind getting content up on the PostgreSQL Conference East site, so I thought I would get my keynote out there. Keynote PDF
Posted Friday Apr 11th, 2008 11:11pm
by Joshua Drake | Permalink
Selena and I are a bit behind getting content up on the PostgreSQL Conference East site, so I thought I would get my keynote out there. Keynote PDF
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