Re: PostgreSQL vs MariaDB

[Sumit Sengupta <ssengupta@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is an EDB presentation on this from 2019

https://www.enterprisedb.com/blog/postgresql-vs-mysql-360-degree-comparison-syntax-performance-scalability-and-features

PostgreSQL vs. MySQL: A 360-degree Comparison [Syntax, Performance, Scalability and Features]

In this blog, we will discuss the key differences in terms of performance, syntax, scalability, and features between PostgreSQL and Mysql. PostgreSQL and MySQL are both immensely popular open-source databases, and a variety of real-time applications today utilize both. MySQL is known to be the world’s most popular database, whereas PostgreSQL is known as the world’s most advanced RDBMS database.

www.enterprisedb.com

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From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2023 10:49 AM
To: Inzamam Shafiq <inzamam.shafiq@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL vs MariaDB

 

On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 7:07 AM Inzamam Shafiq
<inzamam.shafiq@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Can someone please list pros and cons of MariaDB vs PostgreSQL that actually needs serious consideration while choosing the right database for large OLTP DBs (Terabytes)?
>

For me, security is important. I don't want to do a lot of late night
patching, and I don't want to cleanup after a data breach. When
vendors pitch a product with a database, I insist on a PostgreSQL
backend.

MySQL makes regular appearances on BugTraq. MySQL has over 1700 CVEs
going back to 1999.[1] It tells me there are problems with the
engineering process.

MariaDB adds additional CVEs on top of MySQL, but the count appears
low. I have never separated the purely MariaDB flaws from the
underlying MySQL flaws.

In contrast, PostgreSQL has about 240 CVEs going back to 1999.[2] It
tells me PostgreSQL has a better engineering process.

Jeff

[1] https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=MySQL
[2] https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=PostgreSQL