Re: scaling postgres

On 03/08/2015 08:34, Seref Arikan wrote:
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> At what point does postgres stop scaling?
> What happens when the computational load no longer fits on one
> machine? What are the options then?
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> 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