Question

I am in need to install trac on a cloud server which runs centos.

What is the best database type to use? I would like to install trac with mysql but the trac website says:

“There are also a couple of #KnownIssues and supporting this database
has proven to be painful at times.”

I am afraid to use SQLite as SQLite is not good for larger databases. Can some one give me an idea of the best database type for trac?

much appreciated

Answer 1

Any flavor has both, it’s fans and opponents. It’s rather undisputed, that MySQL has it’s weaknesses, but PROs too.

Answering these questions to yourself may help:

• Do you already use some flavor of RDBMS, that is supported by Trac? If YES, use that.
• What is a large database to you?
  • < 10.000 tickets and wiki pages, rarely concurrent transactions: SQLite will handle this well, don’t care for something else.
  • ‘more’: You may profit from a full-fledged RDBMS, so use PostgreSQL.
• Could I delegate database management? If YES, you’ll find the seamless, well tested environment upgrade with automatic db backup, that is only provided for SQLite, less important.