Re: Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people

On Mar 27, 2007, at 4:09 PM, Tony Caduto wrote:

> Another thing is this, how hard could it possibly be for a MS SQL  
> DBA or Oracle DBA to pick up using PostgreSQL?
> I don't think it would take a decent admin of any database to come  
> up to speed in a very short time as long as they were interested in  
> doing so.

We've been working with a consultant to re-design/optimize some  
existing DB systems we have running, and his background is mostly  
Oracle and DB/2.  Some of the optimizations -- actually operationally  
related choices on how to do things -- are remarkably off-base for  
Postgres.  There is a *lot* to learn about a system before one can  
truly "know" it.