Relational databases provide a very solid foundation upon which a wide variety of replication, partitioning and data distribution schemes can be constructed. Just look at the different approaches that PostgreSQL…
If using a Prius instead of a Dart would very likely solve the problem(s) being experienced, then it is a perfectly reasonable thing to suggest. It would be wrong not to suggest it. This submission is about a problem…
Somebody came here asking for help with a real world problem. It would be doing this person a disservice to not mention alternative technologies that have solved very similar problems that have affected many other…
SFjulie1's comment is a good one, mikegioia. Taking a look at the economics of a technology that's being used is a very sensible thing to do, especially for a business. If this analysis shows that one solution is…
The most effective and affordable fix for many scaling problems is to migrate to a different product or approach. I'd have to check with our DB folks to get the exact size of our dataset and the number of servers we're…
We moved to PostgreSQL. Our performance problems went away, with almost no work other than the initial migration. We fixed many data integrity problems during the migration, and have not noticed any problems since. Our…
Relational databases provide a very solid foundation upon which a wide variety of replication, partitioning and data distribution schemes can be constructed. Just look at the different approaches that PostgreSQL…
If using a Prius instead of a Dart would very likely solve the problem(s) being experienced, then it is a perfectly reasonable thing to suggest. It would be wrong not to suggest it. This submission is about a problem…
Somebody came here asking for help with a real world problem. It would be doing this person a disservice to not mention alternative technologies that have solved very similar problems that have affected many other…
SFjulie1's comment is a good one, mikegioia. Taking a look at the economics of a technology that's being used is a very sensible thing to do, especially for a business. If this analysis shows that one solution is…
The most effective and affordable fix for many scaling problems is to migrate to a different product or approach. I'd have to check with our DB folks to get the exact size of our dataset and the number of servers we're…
We moved to PostgreSQL. Our performance problems went away, with almost no work other than the initial migration. We fixed many data integrity problems during the migration, and have not noticed any problems since. Our…