> i have found pgsql to be extremely fast on our
> intranet production system (near instantaneous).
> however, it currently doesn't have a lot of data - so
> i'm not sure if it is a good gauge.
>
> as for chatter, it is just that - chatter. would you
> trust a debian fan to accurately describe gentoo? or
> visa versa?
You make a very good point. Also there are many people in the Postgresql community that are very
interested letting PostgreSQL shine in comparisons between Postgres and other RDBMS.
I thought the link aptly illustrates that point.
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2006-03/msg00485.php
Regards,
Richard