--- title: From MySQL to PostgreSQL: a much lighter server | daily.dev description: A developer shares a first-hand account of migrating a small production site (mpazari.com, a Turkish motorcycle classifieds site) from MySQL 8 to PostgreSQL... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/3v4yf7xc4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: From MySQL to PostgreSQL: a much lighter server | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares a first-hand account of migrating a small production site (mpazari.com, a Turkish motorcycle classifieds site) from MySQL 8 to PostgreSQL... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/3v4yf7xc4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3V4yF7xc4.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # From MySQL to PostgreSQL: a much lighter server **[Özkan Pakdil](https://daily.dev/sources/yhtxohtmgtdk1f5lkdkse)** · [@ozkanpakdil](https://daily.dev/ozkanpakdil) · 12 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer shares a first-hand account of migrating a small production site (mpazari.com, a Turkish motorcycle classifieds site) from MySQL 8 to PostgreSQL 12, achieving about three minutes of downtime. The migration steps included creating the schema, copying data, adapting MySQL-specific SQL, running tests, and switching the JDBC URL. The surprising result was a drop in server load average from around 1.5 with MySQL to 0.3-0.5 with PostgreSQL on identical hardware and workload, though the author cautions this is an informal observation, not a controlled benchmark. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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