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RAM is cheap and lots of realistic data sets never exceed some tens of GBs, even in extreme scenarios. What's wrong with keeping (a copy of) all data in RAM? It

RAM is cheap and lots of realistic data sets never exceed some tens of GBs, even in extreme scenarios. What's wrong with keeping (a copy of) all data in RAM? It's what makes Redis fast yet simple.

takeda 7y ago
Nothing wrong if it is a cache, I would have problem using it as a primary data store for important data as many do.
- skrebbel 7y ago
  Here's a terrifying secret for you: if a dataset is small enough and used intensively enough, SQL databases like PostgreSQL will eventually have all of it in RAM. Better ditch those too!
- dalyons 7y ago
  why? what is wrong with the persistence mechanisms it has?