SAN JOSE, USA: Continuent, Inc., provider of commercial open source solutions for continuous data availability, advanced database replication and scale-out solutions has announced the availability of Continuent Tungsten for PostgreSQL.

Continuent Tungsten harnesses the power of advanced open source and commercial technologies to deliver data availability and database performance scalability solutions that are based on the Tungsten open source components, a unique collection of solutions for database scale-out. Continuent Tungsten offers easy to manage, dynamic database clusters with the highest levels of availability and scalability for PostgreSQL, MySQL and Oracle.

Continuent Tungsten solutions are divided into four (4) offerings, Tungsten Easy HA, Tungsten Easy HA Plus, Tungsten Easy Scale and Tungsten Enterprise, designed to solve particular types of continuous data availability and performance scaling problems.

"PostgreSQL 8.4 has over 290 enhancements. With Continuent Tungsten, PostgreSQL gains enterprise-level high availability, scalability and replication," said Simon Riggs at 2ndQuadrant, developer of the main recovery, replication and high availability features in PostgreSQL since version 8.0.

"Continuent Tungsten raises the bar for data availability and database performance solutions in PostgreSQL environments. We're encouraging PostgreSQL users to contact us and apply for a free evaluation copy," says Robert Hodges, CTO at Continuent.