On: SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition Sucks

[akurilin]

Brent, to which db flavor do you recommend people migrate? Thoughts on Postgres? Btw, loved your vlog post on scaling SO's db layer.

[BrentOzar → akurilin]

> Brent, to which db flavor do you recommend people migrate? Thoughts on Postgres?

I'm not the right guy to ask on that one - I just don't have enough experience with alternative platforms. You're in the right forum though - as long as you follow the news on HN, you'll do a good job of choosing the right data storage platform for your needs.

[statictype → BrentOzar]

I wonder if that was sarcasm :)

If you spend too much time on HN, you'll end porting your RDBMS to Mongo DB or Voldemort.

[akurilin → statictype]

Hipster News. I joke I joke, right tool for the right job, right?

[akurilin → BrentOzar]

I'm thinking your post would benefit from a recommendation as far as the "next closest thing" to MSSQL, since you're exhorting DBAs to make a transition, and minimizing friction would be an important aspect of it.

[BrentOzar → akurilin]

> I'm thinking your post would benefit from a recommendation as far as the "next closest thing" to MSSQL

Then by all means, add it in the comments and I'd be glad to point to it. I'm just not qualified to make that recommendation myself. My experience with other platforms amounts to importing data into MySQL for WordPress, heh.

[rwallace → akurilin]

Postgres is what I'd use unless I had good, specific reason to do otherwise.