Why? Just because our db-backed web app have to handle tens of millions of requests each day on one or two plain simple servers ;) Well, I didn't give any benc

Why? Just because our db-backed web app have to handle tens of millions of requests each day on one or two plain simple servers ;) Well, I didn't give any benchmark numbers in my slides. It's by intention. Just go ahead and find out how fast it can be :)