[H-GEN] Databases, application development & licensing restrictions of open source software

[David Jericho]

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On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 02:04:21PM +1300, Jay wrote:
> > And on a final note, which freely available database will fit the bill in
> > terms of licensing, scalability and performance.
> 
> http://www.au.postgresql.org comes to mind. Compile php4 --with-pgsql, add 
> mod_php4.conf to apache, and you have an excellent tool set providing all 
> have asked for.

Having recently played with it (although no real benchmarks), I'd
suggest having a peek at Red Hat's Red Hat Database.

It's based on PostgreSQL 7.2.2, with some extra goodies[1].

More info at http://www.redhat.com/software/database/

[1] I haven't tested it yet on evilRasp DeadRat Advanced Server, the
compile of Red Hat's Advanced Server srpms.

-- 
David Jericho
Senior Systems Administrator, Bytecomm Pty Ltd

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