From: Eric Bollengier <eric@eb.homelinux.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 20:35:16 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: update db info
X-Git-Tag: Release-5.2.1~127
X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=dd959e549f084696a6c5eb0f45fef31e4fae94cf;p=bacula%2Fdocs

update db info
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diff --git a/docs/manuals/en/main/install.tex b/docs/manuals/en/main/install.tex
index ae98e1eb..2a0eaefc 100644
--- a/docs/manuals/en/main/install.tex
+++ b/docs/manuals/en/main/install.tex
@@ -634,25 +634,32 @@ because SQLite is compiled into Bacula an requires no administration. It
 performs well and is suitable for small to medium sized installations (maximum
 10-20 machines). However, we should note that a number of users have
 had unexplained database corruption with SQLite. For that reason, we
-recommend that you install either MySQL or PostgreSQL for production
+recommend that you install either PostgreSQL or MySQL for production
 work.
 
-If you wish to use MySQL as the Bacula catalog, please see the 
-\ilink{Installing and Configuring MySQL}{MySqlChapter} chapter of
-this manual. You will need to install MySQL prior to continuing with the
+If you wish to use MySQL as the Bacula catalog, please see the
+\ilink{Installing and Configuring MySQL}{MySqlChapter} chapter of this
+manual. You will need to install MySQL prior to continuing with the
 configuration of Bacula. MySQL is a high quality database that is very
-efficient and is suitable for any sized installation. It is slightly more
-complicated than SQLite to setup and administer because it has a number of
-sophisticated features such as userids and passwords. It runs as a separate
-process, is truly professional and can manage a database of any size. 
-
-If you wish to use PostgreSQL as the Bacula catalog, please see the 
-\ilink{Installing and Configuring PostgreSQL}{PostgreSqlChapter}
-chapter of this manual. You will need to install PostgreSQL prior to
-continuing with the configuration of Bacula. PostgreSQL is very similar to
-MySQL, though it tends to be slightly more SQL92 compliant and has many more
-advanced features such as transactions, stored procedures, and the such. It
-requires a certain knowledge to install and maintain. 
+efficient and is suitable for small and medium sized installation (up to
+2,000,000 files per job). It is slightly more complicated than SQLite to setup
+and administer because it has a number of sophisticated features such as
+userids and passwords. It runs as a separate process, is truly professional and
+can manage a database of any size.
+
+If you wish to use PostgreSQL as the Bacula catalog, please see the
+\ilink{Installing and Configuring PostgreSQL}{PostgreSqlChapter} chapter of
+this manual. You will need to install PostgreSQL prior to continuing with the
+configuration of Bacula. PostgreSQL is very similar to MySQL, though it tends
+to be slightly more SQL92 compliant and has many more advanced features such as
+transactions, stored procedures, and the such. It requires a certain knowledge
+to install and maintain. PostgreSQL is suitable for any sized installation
+(some sites have much more than 1 billion objects in the Catalog). Bacula uses
+many optimized PostgreSQL functions, and can run more than 10 time faster on
+jobs having millions of files than MySQL (Specially in during restore, accurate
+mode, bvfs queries and when the database server is not on the same host than
+the Director). It's possible to switch from MySQL/SQLite to PostgreSQL, but it
+requires some DBA knowledge.
 
 If you wish to use SQLite as the Bacula catalog, please see 
 \ilink{Installing and Configuring SQLite}{SqlLiteChapter} chapter of