Re: High-availability

[Madison Kelly <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lew wrote:
> Madison Kelly wrote:
> >   Being a quite small company, proprietary hardware and fancy software 
> > licenses are not possible (ie: 'use oracle' won't help).
>
> How much data do you put in the DB?  Oracle has a free version, but it 
> has size limits.
>
> (Ducking the slings and arrows of outraged PG fans: I prefer Postgre, I 
> really do.)

  Hrm, it's hard to say as we're (hoping!) to grow. At the moment, a 
few hundred megs. If the company gets off the ground, possibly much 
more. also, we've got a few (dozen or so) side projects that each have 
their own DBs.

  I think the risk of running into a barrier like a size limit would be 
too much. Even if we get off the ground, the storage needs of the DB 
will outgrow our revenue. I'd hate to be in a position where I am 
dependent on a (potentially) very expensive invoice while we are still 
running on a shoe-string.

  Thanks for the suggestion though! I will poke at the free/trial 
version and, if I am unable to load-balance pgSQL and we run into 
performance problems, I will have a better idea of what options I have 
(ie: bigger iron vs. an oracle license).

  Thanks!

Madi