Pervasive to contribute code to PostgreSQL community

BANGALORE: Pervasive Software Inc today announced that it plans to contribute source code for DTrace probes to the PostgreSQL community.



DTrace probes provide a superior interface for monitoring the PostgreSQL engine and allow for more effective tuning. Pervasive also formally welcomed Sun Microsystems to the PostgreSQL community and applauded new support of PostgreSQL through the Solaris 10 Operating System.



In January 2005, Pervasive introduced the first integrated set of open source support and services for the PostgreSQL database from an established database company.



DTrace is part of the new Solaris 10 performance-profiling framework from Sun. DTrace probes from Pervasive will add performance metrics such as cache hit ratio. DTrace probes will also be useful to participants of the BSD community who are porting DTrace from Solaris 10 to BSD. The source code from Pervasive will be added to PgFoundry, the PostgreSQL Development Group's site for developing and publishing PostgreSQL-related software.



PostgreSQL is the open source database technology leader, offering enterprise-ready core technology like views, triggers, stored procedures, and security, and it is released under the business-friendly BSD license, allowing royalty-free use within commercial settings.



Pervasive provides services and professional support for PostgreSQL that assist customers in deriving value from the benefits of open source database technology -- faster adoption, greater ROI, and lower risk.