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My favorite quote: "Flash is 10x more expensive than rotational disk. However, you’ll make up the few thousand dollars you’re spending simply by saving the cos
by paulsutter 14y ago
My favorite quote:
"Flash is 10x more expensive than rotational disk. However, you’ll make up the few thousand dollars you’re spending simply by saving the cost of the meetings to discuss the schema optimizations you’ll need to try to keep your database together."
Lots of great technical details presented in a commonsense style, well worth a read.
- pdog 14y agoSounds great in theory, but in practice you'll be having that conversation about your database schema anyway.
- IheartApplesDix 14y agoNah, just throw it all into a NoSQL store and let the developers figure it out.
- debacle 14y agoThe developers will just tell you to virtualize it.
- ovi256 14y agoNoSQL, making devs into DBAs since 2010: "But hey, look, we never hired any DBAs, that's a win right ?"
- stcredzero 14y agoObject databases and ORM were trying to do that from at least the 90's.
- jfb 14y agoAnd look how well that's worked out.
- stcredzero 14y agoMy point exactly.
- JonnieCache 14y agoIs that a joke?
- tehwebguy 14y agoYes