PostgreSQL, often simply Postgres, is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) available for many platforms including Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X. It is released under the PostgreSQL License, which is an MIT-style license, and is thus free and open source software.

1. Ten Reasons PostgreSQL is Better Than SQL Server

   Why would anyone want to use PostgreSQL instead of SQL Server? There are a lot of factors to consider when choosing how to store your data. Sometimes we need to look deeper than the standard choice and consider something new. If you’re starting a brand new project, where should ...

2. Data Durability

   A friend of mine half-jokingly says that the only reason to put data into a database is to get it back out again. In order to get data out, we need to ensure some kind of durability. Relational databases offer single server durability through write-ahead logging and checkpoint mechanisms. These ...