Re: PG version recommendation

2019-05-11 Thread Peter J. Holzer
On 2019-05-08 13:41:08 +0900, Ian Barwick wrote: > On Wed, 8 May 2019 at 07:19, Tim Cross wrote: > > I would find out if the IT team who will maintain the system are running > a specific Linux distribution, such as RHEL and just go with the PG > version that is on that distribution. >

Re: PG version recommendation

2019-05-07 Thread Ian Barwick
On Wed, 8 May 2019 at 07:19, Tim Cross wrote: > > I would find out if the IT team who will maintain the system are running > a specific Linux distribution, such as RHEL and just go with the PG > version that is on that distribution. > Bear in mind, depending on the OS, the default version availa

Re: PG version recommendation

2019-05-07 Thread Ron
No, I'm asking about the application. On 5/7/19 3:51 PM, David Gauthier wrote: >>Home-rolled application, or third party? Are you asking about how they do VMs ? They already provide PG v9.6.7 , so I gather they're not averse to supporting PG DBs. On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 4:05 PM Ron

Re: PG version recommendation

2019-05-07 Thread Tim Cross
I would find out if the IT team who will maintain the system are running a specific Linux distribution, such as RHEL and just go with the PG version that is on that distribution. Large corp rarely have sufficient IT resources. Unless you specifically need a particular PG version (which does not

Re: PG version recommendation

2019-05-07 Thread David Gauthier
>>Home-rolled application, or third party? Are you asking about how they do VMs ? They already provide PG v9.6.7 , so I gather they're not averse to supporting PG DBs. On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 4:05 PM Ron wrote: > On 5/7/19 1:52 PM, David Gauthier wrote: > > Hi: > > I'm going to be requesting a P

Re: PG version recommendation

2019-05-07 Thread Ron
On 5/7/19 1:52 PM, David Gauthier wrote: Hi: I'm going to be requesting a PG instance supported by an IT team in a large corp.  They will be creating the server as a VM.  We will be loading the DB using scripts (perl/dbi) on linux, possibly using bulk loading techniques if that's required.  Q

Re: PG version recommendation

2019-05-07 Thread Thomas Kellerer
David Gauthier schrieb am 07.05.2019 um 20:52: I need to pick a PG version in my request. I want something that will be stable and reliable while, of course, being able to perform well. What would be a good choice for PG version? There is no reason to not choose the latest version. So I would

Re: PG version recommendation

2019-05-07 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 5/7/19 11:52 AM, David Gauthier wrote: Hi: I'm going to be requesting a PG instance supported by an IT team in a large corp.  They will be creating the server as a VM.  We will be loading the DB using scripts (perl/dbi) on linux, possibly using bulk loading techniques if that's required.