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Re:Things I wished more developers knew about databases by smitty1e on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @10:06AM (#22945672)
That sort of flexibility does not sound as though it would scale well as the data get big.
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Re:Things I wished more developers knew about databases by madhadron on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @10:55AM (#22946184)
Define "big." Double writing in some form is the only option for live migration and you either bolt it on later or plan for it now.
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Re:Things I wished more developers knew about databases by smitty1e on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @02:23PM (#22948600)
When the overhead of the double writing becomes substantial enough affect the architecture.
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Re:Things I wished more developers knew about databases by madhadron on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @06:52PM (#22951078)
Ah. So bigger than Facebook or Google.
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