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And I will definitely miss the weekly "PostgreSQL is all you need and you're stupid to use anything else" threads. My position is that there a lot of different
by taligent 13y ago
And I will definitely miss the weekly "PostgreSQL is all you need and you're stupid to use anything else" threads.
My position is that there a lot of different products out there that cater for different needs and there is no "one size fits all" solution. I can scale Cassandra out to a hundred nodes in minutes on EC2 with no configuration changes. I also have queries in MongoDB that are literally 50x faster than on a SQL database.
- jacques_chester 13y ago> And I will definitely miss the weekly "PostgreSQL is all you need and you're stupid to use anything else" threads. I think that for any case where you might be building a new system based on a relational backend, it's basically true (modulo local constraints like "we're an Oracle shop"). The chances that you will need to run a website that needs 100 Cassandra servers any time soon is ... well it's unlikely. PostgreSQL is a stable, proven workhorse. That's why I like it. My point of view is that you should start with high safety and features and relax those constraints as circumstances demand.
- neya 13y agoJacques, Taligent is a well known troll here - Two things you never talk against when Taligent is around - Apple and MongoDB. And he will start poisoning the threads. Just ignore him.
- taligent 13y agoVery mature neya. Feel free to actually address my points on their merits without resorting to ad hominem attacks. That way everyone wins. And I comment on lots of different things but have a stronger interests in Apple and Database. So sue me I guess.
- ibotty 13y agoplease show these 50x faster queries. really. i am curious.
- neya 13y agoExactly, my thoughts!
- insaneirish 13y agoI'd love to know how many nodes you'd need on a virtual server that doesn't have horrid I/O performance like EC2.