Press release, hopefully final draft this time
От | Josh Berkus |
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Тема | Press release, hopefully final draft this time |
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Msg-id | 200409271451.00944.josh@agliodbs.com обсуждение исходный текст |
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Folks, Try this one on for size. I've added a couple of tweaks. Is everyone willing to live with it? PARAGRAPH ONE: NY, NY: October XX, 2004 - The PostgreSQL Global Development group has released version 8.0 of the PostgreSQL object-relational database management system, building on its position as the most advanced open source database in the world. This release includes features previously only available in the most expensive proprietary database software, and is expected to substantially increase the adoption of PostgreSQL by both users and software vendors. In addition to significant improvements in scalability, features, and performance, PostgreSQL 8.0 demonstrates the unparalleled development speed of open source. More than a dozen companies, including Red Hat, Fujitsu, Afilias, Software Research Associates, Inc., 2nd Quadrant, and Command Prompt Inc., as well as hundreds of individual developers contributed to add more major features to 8.0 than have been seen in any previous version. These features include: Native Windows Support: PostgreSQL now works natively with Windows systems and does not need an emulation layer. This provides dramatically improved performance over previous versions, and offers a compelling alternative to proprietary database software for independent software vendors, corporate users, and individual Windows developers. Savepoints: This SQL-standard feature allows specific parts of a database transaction to be rolled back without aborting the entire operation. This benefits business application developers who require complex transactions with error recovery. Point in Time Recovery: Through automatically and continously archived transaction logs, this feature allows full data restore from the point of failure or another specific point in time. Point in Time Recovery provides a long-sought alternative to hourly or daily backups for data-critical services on PostgreSQL. Tablespaces: Crucial to the administrators of multi-gigabyte data warehousing systems, tablespaces allow the placement of large tables and indexes on their own individual disks or arrays, improving query performance. Improved Memory and I/O: Disk and memory usage have been optimized through the use of the Adaptive Replacement Cache algorithm, the new background writer, and the new vacuum delay feature. This will result in more predictable loads and substantially more consistent performance during peak usage times. In addition to the many features bundled with the release, PostgreSQL has been enhanced by accelerated development of add-ons and optional components over the last year. The Slony-I replication tool and the pgPool connection pooling/brokering utility are both already being used for high-availability server pools. Several stored procedure languages have been added or greatly expanded, including PL/Java, PL/PHP and PL/Perl, and the Npgsql and PGsqlClient .NET data providers have been enhanced to support our many new Windows users. For a full list and description of the many new features in 8.0, please see our press page <link> PostgreSQL is the collective work of hundreds of developers, building on almost twenty years of development dating back to the University of California at Berkeley. With its longtime support of an enterprise level feature set including transactions, stored procedures, triggers, and subqueries, PostgreSQL is being used by many of today's most demanding businesses and government agencies. PostgreSQL is distributed under a BSD license, which allows fee-free use and distribution, for both commercial and non-commercial applications. To find out more about PostgreSQL or to download it, please visit: http://www.postgresql.org/ -- __Aglio Database Solutions_______________ Josh Berkus Consultant josh@agliodbs.com www.agliodbs.com Ph: 415-752-2500 Fax: 415-752-2387 2166 Hayes Suite 200 San Francisco, CA
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