From: | Ed Loehr <ELOEHR(at)austin(dot)rr(dot)com> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Future of PostgreSQL |
Date: | 1999-12-25 23:23:26 |
Message-ID: | 386551EE.7E6B3140@austin.rr.com |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > > My big question is, what new challenges will we face as we
> > become more > popular?
> >
> > The 3 greatest technical/engineering challenges: 1) system
> > reliability & recoverability, 2) system reliability & recoverability,
> > and 3) system reliability and recoverability. The masses won't
> > stay long if the system won't stay up, isn't easy to diagnose
> > by non-experts, or cannot be easily restored from backups without
> > significant data losses. New functionality is great, but a
> > system that won't stay up consistently is approaching worthlessness
> > for mission-critical 24x7 applications. And if the masses
> > leave because of system reliability problems, you can be very,
> > very certain about what they will tell their friends and coworkers.
>
> And we don't have a problem in this area, do we?
Please tell me you're kidding.
Cheers,
Ed Loehr
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