Re: scaling postgres - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Chris Withers
Subject Re: scaling postgres
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Msg-id 55C07291.3050502@simplistix.co.uk
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In response to Re: scaling postgres  (Seref Arikan <serefarikan@kurumsalteknoloji.com>)
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On 03/08/2015 08:34, Seref Arikan wrote:
>
>
>     At what point does postgres stop scaling?
>     What happens when the computational load no longer fits on one
>     machine? What are the options then?
>
>
> I think it is hard to come up with blanket responses to generic
> questions such as  "What happens when the computational load no longer
> fits on one machine?"

Of course, I guess I'm looking out for the pain points that people
commonly hit with chunky postgres installs...

> I work in healthcare and patient centric records let me consider
> multiple servers for lots and lots of patients. The engineering team
> from instagram has been sharing their experience with postgres, which is
> possible due to their domain model.

I'll have a google, but do you have the Instagram links you're thinking of?

cheers,

Chris


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