> On 02/23/2016 07:51 AM, Sherrie Kubis wrote: >> Hello, my first post to the list, thank you for this place to ask >> questions and get help. >> >> Our management has tasked me with devising a plan to migrate our >> existing databases from Oracle to PostgreSQL. I$B!G(Bm researching and >> getting familiar with PostgreSQL before getting a Linux box to start >> learning and staging. I have a long way to go, but it will be fun. >> >> Out of the gate, I can see different PostgreSQL products $(Q#|(B PostgreSQL, >> PostgreSQLPlus, EnterpriseDB Advanced Server. > > So here's a quick rundown. I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but here's a > lot of them. I've deliberately omitted PostgreSQL forks/versions > which are no longer maintained or not commercially available. > > Open Source > ----------- > > PostgreSQL Plus: EnterpriseDB's distribution of PostgreSQL with extra > open source tools included in the installer. > > GreenPlum: fork of PostgreSQL 8.2, designed for large-scale big data, > data mining and analytics. > > PostgresXC: beta-quality open source fork designed for small clusters > of transaction-processing, ala Oracle RAC. > > PostgresXL: fork of PostgresXC, more stable, and a bit more oriented > towards data analytics. > > Stado: Version of PostgreSQL with java middleware to do big-data > scale-out. At various times called ExtenDB and GridSQL. > > BigSQL: PostgreSQL+Hadoop for big data scale-out. > > PipelineDB: streaming SQL engine built from PostgreSQL. > > > Closed Source > ------------- > > PostgreSQL Plus Advanced Server/EDB Server: EnterpriseDB's fork of > PostgreSQL which has Oracle compatibility and some other tools (like > xDB replication). Sometimes includes features from future versions of > PostgreSQL > > CitusDB: latest/greatest big data scale-out version of PostgreSQL. > Soon to be open-source. > > Aster: prior generation of PostgreSQL MPP and Map/Reduce scale-out. > > Hadapt: proprietary PostgreSQL+Hadoop fusion. Based on HadoopDB, > which was open source. > > Paraccel: Column-oriented in-memory cluster database built from > PostgreSQL 8.2. > > RedShift: Amazon's fork of Paraccel, available only on AWS as a > service. > > Vertica: Another PostgreSQL-based column store. Unclear on how much > PostgreSQL code it uses, but uses a version of the PostgreSQL protocol > and psql client. > > FAST: Fujitsu's spin of PostgreSQL, optimized for high performance on > high-end hardware. PowerGres: Surviving since 2003. Full compatible with PostgreSQL except "PowerGres plus" which has the transparent database encryption and the redundant WAL. Best regards, -- Tatsuo Ishii SRA OSS, Inc. Japan English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php Japanese:http://www.sraoss.co.jp -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
