Question

I do datamining and my work involves loading and unloading +1GB database dump files into MySQL. I am wondering is there any other free database engine that works better than MySQL on huge databases? is PostgreSQL better in terms of performance?

I only use basic SQL commands so speed is the only factor for me to choose a database

Answer 1

If you are doing datamining, perhaps you could use a document-oriented database.
These are faster than relational databases if you do not use my SQL.

MongoDB
and CouchDB are both good options. I prefer MongoDB because I don’t know Java, and found CouchDB easier to get up and running.

Here are some articles on the topic:

• Why we migrated from MySQL to MongoDB
• MySQL vs. CouchDB vs. MongoDB