Aberdeen has a review of open source rdbms. The overall review was quite positive but mentioned a few things missing. Features desired according to users: Gui control centre Improved Replication Two-phase commit They list what they think is missing from postgresql compared with Oracle/db2/MSSQL PostgreSQL does not offer the following key features typically provided in enterprise databases(according to Aberdeen): ? Incremental and parallel backup/restore ? Encryption (security) ? Deadlock detection ? Row-level locking (typically required by large packaged applications) ? although PostgreSQL does offer alternative sub-table locking schemes ? Bit-mapped indexing (for large data warehouses) ? A single GUI administrative interface ? View update/insert/delete I was pretty sure that NETAPP offers incremental backup of Postgresql - but perhaps I'm wrong. What about the row level locking or the other features. Are they issues for anyone? http://www.sleepycat.com/aberdeenwp/ Anthony http://xminc.com/mt/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@postgresql.org
