Re: scaling postgres

On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Chris Withers <chris(at)simplistix(dot)co(dot)uk>
wrote:

> 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?
>
>
> Nope, sorry, Google is your friend :)

> cheers,
>
> Chris
>
>
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