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Isn't linear scalability a hugely desirable feature? Especially for a SQL RDMS like Postgres?
by wmfiv 10y ago
Isn't linear scalability a hugely desirable feature? Especially for a SQL RDMS like Postgres?
- marknadal 10y agoVery desirable, but linear scalability is often a constraint of the business logic not a fundamental property of the database. For instance, if you are Twitter where everything is an append-only insert then achieving linear scalability ought be easier than if you are Google Docs where every update effects many other dependent records. Most benchmarks (and this isn't a bad thing) assume the former.