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> convenience and reliability Modern cloud hosting usually provides all of the above you need. Is a PostgreSQL DB in Azure really any less reliable or convenie

> convenience and reliability Modern cloud hosting usually provides all of the above you need. Is a PostgreSQL DB in Azure really any less reliable or convenient than an Oracle DB? Perhaps if you’re already heavily invested in and comfortable with Oracle, but I don’t think so otherwise.

grumpydba 8y ago
Oracle still runs circles around postgres for high availability, backups and management tools. However most big companies are slowly migrating all their small Oracle instances to pg. I happen to work in one of those companies who's had enough with Oracle's outrageous pricing schemes and audit threats.
- _asummers 8y ago
  What do you mean by audit threats? I’ve never had the misfortune of working with Oracle software besides Java.
  - grumpydba 8y ago
    "Buy our new cloud offering or we run a license audit now as our contract permits" You have to find a way to give good cloud numbers for Larry!