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I have a medium-data database storing events (timestamps + some metadata, ~200gb). It currently lives on an Aurora postgres cluster. If this were rock-solid, my
by bastawhiz 8y ago
I have a medium-data database storing events (timestamps + some metadata, ~200gb). It currently lives on an Aurora postgres cluster. If this were rock-solid, my application would be the perfect fit, I think. I have two major concerns:
1. I'd originally started on a managed solution (https://getconnect.io/ https://getconnect.io/). They promised scalability and reliability, but we were forced to move away when the queries would take upwards of thirty seconds, inserts would start failing, and we'd receive 503s. I estimate that my database (which, at the time, was almost two orders of magnitude smaller) was among their largest. Why should I trust Rockset with my data?
2. I can't find anything about performance, benchmarks, or any other information about how the service will behave in production. InfluxDB is an example of something that does a great job of this: their docs outline what Influx is good at, what it's not good at, what will make your queries slow, etc. Instead, Rockset has a how-to guide for building a FB messenger chat bot with CSVs. From their docs:
> Rockset has a cloud-scale architecture. It can scale both compute and storage independent of one another. One one hand, you can have a small data set served by zillions of compute in parallel to make queries faster. On the other hand, you can have petabyte size data sets served by a small number of compute nodes. And, of course, you can have the entire spectrum in-between these two scenarios.
What does that even _mean_?
Sorry, Rockset, I'm going to need more than zillions of compute to convince me to move my business to you.
- foxish 8y agoHi bastawhiz, Performance numbers are coming, please look out for them in a future blog post. Concrete details about the architecture included in https://rockset.com/Rockset_Concepts_Design_Architecture.pdf https://rockset.com/Rockset_Concepts_Design_Architecture.pdf. If you think we could add value to you beyond what you get with Aurora PG, then I'd welcome a chance for an evaluation on a 100% free trial (no credit card required) where you could test out the performance for yourself with your own data. Totally respect the skepticism. please reach me directly at anirudh at rockset.com if you'd like to chat further.