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Senior Manager Global Database Services at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 31 2019
What is most valuable?
Cost/benefit wise Postgres is a great solution. It's a very fast database and — in terms of licensing costs — it also provides a significant TCO reduction compared to Oracle. In terms of specific… more»How has it helped my organization?
It gives us a solid, less expensive alternative to deploying with Oracle if it is approved and certified for use with the applications it will be running.What needs improvement?
Because of the way Postres g9 / PostgreSQL is using their file system, I think it is not as efficient as it could be. They should start deploying a more effective file system structure to improve… more»What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price difference compared to more expensive solutions like Oracle is significant. It is a solid, less expensive choice.What other advice do I have?
Even with all the improvements that could be made to the model and the functionality, I would give Postgres a seven out of ten. Obviously, it does not score higher because the technology is aging a… more»Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We are still a big Oracle user with maybe 500 Oracle servers. Postgres was an option we selected as another opportunity for deployment because, money-wise, the savings on licensing made it a good… more»Real User
Director of IT Maintenance Department at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 29 2020
What is most valuable?
The part of the product that I find most valuable is using it only for small tables and databases that are not very complex. That is all we need it for although it is also valuable because of the low… more»How has it helped my organization?
This product has allowed us to reduce costs in some parts of our infrastructure without losing functionality.What needs improvement?
The product comes in two forms. One is the full enterprise version which comes with some type of product support. This is something you have to pay additional for but the cost is not very much. The… more»What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The cost of the product is not really a question because the open-source product itself is free. The only cost in addition that we pay more for is the support payment because we have the enterprise… more»Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
The products we used most before Postgres were Enterprise database products. Of course, we are still using Enterprise database products, but we started using Postgres because it was cheaper and it… more»What other advice do I have?
The only advice I have for people considering implementing this Postgres Advanced Server solution is that it is cheap and can save money. It was a good lesson to learn that we could save money by… more»
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Enterprise Programmes Architect at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 30 2019
What is most valuable?
* Variant server configuration: not requiring the same release on all. * Effectively allowing us to be far more flexible from architecture to production, and the overall… more»How has it helped my organization?
* Major reduction in run cost, and a quantum leap in the flexibility of deployment models * Elimination of replication of transaction from reporting systems * Able to do… more»What needs improvement?
* Lighter integration model for containerized deployment. Effectively, there still remain some issues with a containerized deployment, so we have opted for a… more»What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I believe this is a negotiation issue with any organization that is based on the size of footprint looked at. Hence our experience would not be applicable. But negotiate… more»Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Oracle RAC and Informix. The single reason for moving off Oracle was the hard limit of four servers in a RAC and the degradation of performance at that. Meaning Oracle… more»What other advice do I have?
There will be a 10% pure play performance hit against ORacle and about 12% against Informix but the deployment and cost model more than compensate for the additional… more»Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Yes numerous options, include HANA, MongoDB, MySQL, and MS SQL. None of which were sufficiently scalable or at our size, cost effective.Articles
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What is EDB Postgres Advanced Server?
EDB Postgres Advanced Server is EDB’s enhanced Postgres database designed to meet the needs of the digital enterprise. EDB Advanced Server incorporates all of PostgreSQL’s features with additional enterprise-class functionality for enhanced performance and security requirements for enterprise workloads. EDB Advanced Server features improve DBA and developer productivity. Oracle users benefit from EDB Advanced Server’s native database compatibility with Oracle, including PL/SQL, built-in packages, and many DBA tools to accelerate and simplify migrations.
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