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Tweak wording of database recommendation in INSTALL.md (#10057)

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* Tweak wording of database recommendation in INSTALL.md

Signed-off-by: Aaron Raimist <aaron@raim.ist>
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@ -399,11 +399,9 @@ Once you have installed synapse as above, you will need to configure it.
### Using PostgreSQL
By default Synapse uses [SQLite](https://sqlite.org/) and in doing so trades performance for convenience.
SQLite is only recommended in Synapse for testing purposes or for servers with
very light workloads.
Almost all installations should opt to use [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org). Advantages include:
By default Synapse uses an [SQLite](https://sqlite.org/) database and in doing so trades
performance for convenience. Almost all installations should opt to use [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org)
instead. Advantages include:
- significant performance improvements due to the superior threading and
caching model, smarter query optimiser
@ -412,6 +410,10 @@ Almost all installations should opt to use [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.o
For information on how to install and use PostgreSQL in Synapse, please see
[docs/postgres.md](docs/postgres.md)
SQLite is only acceptable for testing purposes. SQLite should not be used in
a production server. Synapse will perform poorly when using
SQLite, especially when participating in large rooms.
### TLS certificates
The default configuration exposes a single HTTP port on the local

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Tweak wording of database recommendation in `INSTALL.md`. Contributed by @aaronraimist.