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From Merlin Moncure
Subject Re: Instangram is powered by PostgreSQL
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In response to Instangram is powered by PostgreSQL  (unclesam <geekmatter@yahoo.com>)
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On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:50 AM, unclesam <geekmatter@yahoo.com> wrote:
> just wanna to share that Instagram use PostgreSQL. excellent ! this company
> worth for 1 billion is powered by PostgreSQL
>
> Click link below
>
> http://highscalability.com/blog/2012/4/9/the-instagram-architecture-facebook-bought-for-a-cool-billio.html
>
> http://instagram-engineering.tumblr.com/post/20541814340/keeping-instagram-up-with-over-a-million-new-users-in

pretty neat to see postgres mentioned in high scalability
environments.  one of my favorite quotes from the article:

"Ubuntu Linux 11.04 (“Natty Narwhal”). Solid, other Ubuntu versions
froze on them."

merlin

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