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I am very interested in postgesql because they have a uuid data type. I have done searches around SO and many people say that Postgres is harder to maintain and manage. Why is this? Is it because postgres needs more configuration, is it because postgres does not have a GUI?
For small-scale deployments, PostgreSQL is very easy to maintain. I’ve worked with a number of database-backed applications built in Postgres that were in production without anything other than periodic backups for anywhere from three to five years. Usually, hardware and operating system updates force changes long before the database does.
I think that much of the reputation Postgres has for being difficult to set up and manage stems from its historically poor Windows compatibility. Recent versions run on Windows just fine, but until the 8.X releases, trying to set up Postgres on Windows machines was an exercise in frustration involving heavy use of Cygwin.