RDMBS and Spatial Data on OS X
Posted by Shady Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:07:00 GMT
MySQL is nice enough for your average web application. Even larger applications can be run on it with the appropriate amount of tuning voodoo (see: wikipedia). There is even the MySQL MaxDB product (essentially SAPDB rebranded after its GPL release) available for Enterprise level MySQL, although this is not available for OS X.
Core data is also a nice solution for persistence inside a single application.
Oracle can also be run on OS X, provided you enjoy being turned upside down and shaken over a large funnel until all your money comes out. Not that this pertains specifically to Oracle on OS X, it's really more of an Oracle feature in general.
Each of these database server options are available for OS X. And they all have their various uses and proponents. So why am I here talking about Postgres? Well,
- It's Free (speech, and beer).
- It's enterprise ready (I seem to recall the .org primary name servers run on postgres)
- PostGIS