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		sklivvz1971 on Oct 25, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Happiness is a Boring Stack The only significant licensing cost we have is SQL Server, and yes, we have considered alternatives, like PostgreSQL. On one hand we would reduce costs by going to Postgres, on the other there would be a significant cost retuning all our SQL so to have an acceptable level of performance.

paulryanrogers on Oct 26, 2016 [–]

Do you rely on DBAs to help with that tuning and maintenance? Or are developers handling that?

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