On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 12:15, Bjørn T Johansen wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 11:29, Bjørn T Johansen wrote: > >> How stable is the Windows version of PGSQL 8? Is it as stable as the > >> Linux > >> version or should I be looking for something else? > > > > For certain values of stable, yes, it is. > > > > However, if for no other reason than the fact the the port is fairly > > new, I wouldn't run it in production myself just yet. If you have no > > choice but to run Windows where you are, then I'd say PostgreSQL is > > about as stable as most other databases running on Windows. > > > > Well, I have an uncle that is still using Windows NT and I don't think > that I can persuade him to change to Linux, sadly... > I am writing him a small app, that need a reliable database that can > handle some data and is fast... > > BTW, is PGSQL 8 supported on Windows NT 4? I believe it is. I know it works on win2k and above. For what you're talking about doing postgresql should be fine. It's the 250,000 transaction a day monster servers i wouldn't try to put on postgresql on windows. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
