[Discuss] Rob Conery's critique of MySQL?

[greg at freephile.com (Greg Rundlett (freephile))]

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Rich Braun <richb at pioneer.ci.net> wrote:
> Greg Rundelett wrote:
>> A default installation of MySQL is dangerously too
>> flexible to be trusted with enterprise data.
>
> At #185 on the Fortune 500 list, I'm thinking that my current employer's
> systems probably contain what can be called "enterprise data".  And it's true
> that I'm not going to run this data center with a default installation of
> MySQL; it's already amply tweaked-out based on past experiences at a company
> roughly 1/500th the size (but with a much-busier and more complex database).
>
> I'd love to go back and propose PostgreSQL as an alternative--it's not too
> late, the place up until July 2012 is an Oracle shop--but there are other
> criteria like our ability to hire expertise, whether the backup and failover
> strategies are robust, etc.  I have a unique opportunity to influence a key
> decision in a "green-field" situation at a very large company and I'd love to
> have more arguments than just "the defaults can't be trusted" or "sloppy
> programmers could cause more trouble with this tool" than some other.
>
> -rich

I have hired Regina Obe of Paragon Corp. to do PostgreSQL work in the
past.  Very nice, highly qualified and local expert on Postgres.  So,
you might want to have a chat with her about your needs.

http://www.paragoncorporation.com/

~ Greg