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This covers probably the most important reasons to use MySQL over PostgreSQL: https://eng.uber.com/mysql-migration/ https://eng.uber.com/mysql-migration/ The
by gtowey 9y ago
This covers probably the most important reasons to use MySQL over PostgreSQL:
https://eng.uber.com/mysql-migration/ https://eng.uber.com/mysql-migration/
The TL;DR is that PostgreSQL on-disk storage format leads to much higher IOPs for the same workload. For companies running OLTP at scale, the cost differences can be huge.
- PeterMikhailov 9y agoI've been to a few talks from the PostgreSQL lead developers where they mention this. Their opinion was mostly "Uber could have just asked us the right way to do it" and "We believe Uber's new engineering leader needed something to do"