PostgreSQL for Solaris 10 is the open source enterprise database platform of choice, fully integrated into Solaris 10 with comprehensive support offerings from Sun.
At A Glance
If you want a database that offers the assurance of a high-end SQL database on Solaris and the cost benefits of open source, PostgreSQL for Solaris is it. Its advanced features, reliability, scalability, security and transactional integrity make it the right choice for even business-critical applications.
PostgreSQL for Solaris is
Open source, integrated, and included—for free—with the Solaris 10 OS . PostgreSQL can be easily extended and customized and, with no license fees, provides compelling TCO.
Performance-optimized and enhanced to take advantage of leading Solaris technologies, with support for native DTrace Probes, Predictive Self-Healing and Solaris Containers.
Supported by Sun. Sun offers comprehensive, world-wide service offerings for PostgreSQL for Solaris, including 24x7 enterprise-class support.
Reliable and highly available with capabilities such as Multi-Version Currency Control (MVCC), Point-in-Time Recovery and full ACID compliance. These are further enhanced through its support for Solaris Predictive Self-Healing and Solaris Containers, virtually eliminating the risks and costs associated with downtime and lost data.
Built to be secure by default with support for Multiple Authentication Methods, ANSI Roles and Permissions and Cryptographic Capabilities.
High performing and scalable under heavy loads -- both in the amount of data it can manage and in the number of concurrent users it can accommodate. PostgreSQL for Solaris core code natively supports DTrace Probes to enhance visibility and speed resolution of performance bottlenecks.
PostgreSQL 8.3 is an impressive new release and we encourage customers around the world to explore it.
"... PostgreSQL database gives users a non proprietary database option,
allowing them to save money,
improve performance and increase productivity. Sun believes that
customer choice is important and we are committed to the success of
PostgreSQL..."
Rich Green executive vice president of Software at Sun Microsystems.
World Record Performance!
A single Sun Fire T2000 Server running the open source PostgreSQL 8.2 database and Solaris OS achieved
the highest open source database performance on the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark, with over 4x better price/performance than an equivalent result achieved with an HP Itanium 2 system, at half the power consumption.
All About PostgreSQL
Learn about PostgreSQL's features, history and why you just might want to use it in this TwitTV FLOSS Weekly interview of Josh Berkus, PostgreSQL Core Team member and PostgreSQL Team Lead at Sun.
Two Hot Open Source Databases from Sun
Find out why PostgreSQL for Solaris and Java DB are great for developers and business in a special database edition of SDNtv hosted by Simon Phipps with Sun's PostgreSQL lead, Josh Berkus, and Java DB engineers, Rick Hillegas and Francois Orsini.
Perspectives
“The continued evolution of the open source PostgreSQL database gives users a non proprietary database option, allowing them to save money, improve performance and increase productivity.
Sun believes that customer choice is important and we are committed to the success of PostgreSQL on OpenSolaris - running on all of our x64 and Sun SPARC servers, as well as on Dell, HP and IBM hardware. In addition,
Sun offers a variety of education and support offerings for customers seeking to deploy PostgreSQL. PostgreSQL 8.3 is an impressive new release and we encourage customers around the world to explore it.”
—Rich Green,
Executive Vice President of Software, Sun Microsystems, Inc
“Joyent chose open source PostgreSQL as the database platform for our customer applications and enterprise infrastructure due to its high performance and excellent data integrity characteristics. Running
PostgreSQL on OpenSolaris with its suite of observability tools, like DTrace, gives us a level of insight and tuning capabilities that we can't duplicate on any other platform.
We are thrilled to see Sun officially support our combined operating system and database platform of choice... We expect Sun's resources and support will improve the combined
platforms' scalability, performance, and stability.”
—Jason A. Hoffman, PhD,
Founder, CTO , Joyent Inc.
