September 29, 2008

Has there been any progress on SAP over Postgres?

Peter Eisentraut discouragingly reported in January:

What I hear from my acquaintances at SAP, however, is this:

  • SAP doesn’t need fancy database features, since the software doesn’t use them.
  • Those who don’t want to buy Oracle can use MaxDB; it’s free.
  • PostgreSQL doesn’t support in-place upgrades, which makes it unsuitable for multiple terabyte installations typically used by SAP customers.

    • Has anything changed since then?

    And as a trivia challenge, does anybody recognize my science fiction reference in the comment thread there? 🙂 Hint: The dialogue referenced did not occur on the planet Arrakis.

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    2 Responses to “Has there been any progress on SAP over Postgres?”

    1. eggyknap on September 29th, 2008 10:28 am

      There’s work being done on in-place upgrades; http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/In-place_upgrade, but it’s not done yet.

    2. Curt Monash on September 29th, 2008 10:42 am

      Thanks!

      CAM

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