Kevin Hunter <hunteke@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> However, I'm not a DBA and only minimally know what's involved in doing
> the job, so I don't have "ammo" to defend (or agree?) with my friend
> when he says that "Postgres requires a DBA and MySQL doesn't so that's
> why they choose the latter.
He's full of it ... mysql is not any easier to run or tune.
regards, tom lane
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