Tag Archives: PostgreSQL Performance Tuning

Bruce Momjian Issue #88, August 2001 Tweak your hardware to get the most from this open-source database. PostgreSQL is an object-relational database developed on the Internet by a group of developers spread across the globe. It is an open-source alternative to commercial databases like Oracle and Informix. PostgreSQL was originally developed at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1996, a ...

Richard Vernon Issue #88, August 2001 With this month’s feature articles we cover both hardware and software. The topic “platforms” is almost as broad as “computers” because anything upon which something else is dependent can be considered a platform. With this month’s feature articles we cover both hardware and software. Frequently, when people think platform they think processor architecture. And ...