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* you are solving problems you don't have * you can have replicas with postgres also even if you do end up getting the load you are hoping for (though i doubt
by ruslan_talpa 10y ago
* you are solving problems you don't have
* you can have replicas with postgres also
even if you do end up getting the load you are hoping for (though i doubt you will have 1.5 million qps), reads are easily scalable with replicas, and writes are also possible with sharding or tools from CitusData
- ruslan_talpa 10y agoI don't have of the top of my head other examples but i know PG is used by yandex.ru which is like the google of russia, and they migrated from oracle and they are very happy, so if it works for them i think it will work for you :)
- rixed 10y agoDon't they use clickhouse instead?
- ruslan_talpa 10y agothey probably use a lot of tools for a lot of reasons but they do use postgres https://www.pgcon.org/2016/schedule/attachments/426_2016.05.19%20Yandex.Mail%20success%20story.pdf https://www.pgcon.org/2016/schedule/attachments/426_2016.05.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SS4R1sFH3c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SS4R1sFH3c
- williamstein 10y agoThis is precisely the very painful lesson I learned - don't solve problems you don't have... (Blog author)
- jazoom 10y agoHe/she was also not having problems with RethinkDB, so why "solve" that by using Postgres? Disclaimer: I'm also happy running RethinkDB in a cluster of 3. It has been rock solid stable for over 2 years.