On 09/10/2019 20:45, Alan Hodgson wrote: > Assuming you're not a troll ... > > On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 20:06 +0100, Pól Ua Laoínecháin wrote: >> 1) Is my lecturer full of it or does he really have a point? > He's more than full of it. PostgreSQL has had a few bugs over the year > that could have resulted in data corruption, but they're pretty rare > and fixed as soon as they're found. PostgreSQL is the most reliable > software I run, and virtually the only major piece I don't hesitate to > upgrade without waiting to see what bugs other people find first. >> 4) What is the OS of choice for *_serious_* PostgreSQL installations? > That's a religious question, not a technical question. I think even > Microsoft makes a decent server OS nowadays. But I expect a large > majority of PostgreSQL installations are running on Linux, as are the > vast majority of all server apps nowadays. Having said that, I don't > run a "serious" PostgreSQL installation; some of the people here run > databases that do tens of thousands of TPS and hold many TiB of data. > You'd have to ask them I guess. Pretty sure if you run through Oracle's back catalogue you'll find a similar data corruption for an entirely unrelated reason. Just guessing but chances are.... Tim Clarke Telephone: Witham: +44(0)1376 503500 | London: +44 (0)20 3009 0853 | Frankfurt: +49 (0)69 7191 6000 | Hong Kong: +852 5803 1687 | Toronto: +1 647 503 2848 Web: https://www.manifest.co.uk/ Minerva Analytics Ltd - A Solactive Company 9 Freebournes Court | Newland Street | Witham | Essex | CM8 2BL | United Kingdom ________________________________ Copyright: This e-mail may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the named addressee you must not use or disclose such information, instead please report it to admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Legal: Minerva Analytics is the trading name of: Minerva Analytics Ltd: Registered in England Number 11260966 & The Manifest Voting Agency Ltd: Registered in England Number 2920820 Registered Office at above address. Please Click Here https://www.manifest.co.uk/legal/ for further information.
