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by debacle 3803 days ago
Don't use MS SQL server. It has serious issues with locking at scale that you can never get around. Apart from that, just make a choice and run with it.
2 comments

At what kind of scale? I don't think any web application should have problems unless the queries are very badly designed.

I've worked with MS SQL for 10+ years (at financial institutions) with no problems. Oracle might be a tad better, but it's also pricier. No idea about Postgre (I've heard it's good), but what you mention shouldn't be a good reason to dismiss MS SQL.

I would also like to know at what scale as I've used MSSQL for several years and only badly designed queries/tables caused locking issues.

The real _problem_ (which BizSpark can resolve short-term) seems like it would be licensing.

SQL Server scales fine...just ask Stack Exchange. http://nickcraver.com/blog/2013/11/22/what-it-takes-to-run-s...