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Re:Updating a 50 terabyte PostgreSQL database (2018) by cabraca on Monday March 22, 2021 @06:26AM (#26538878)
Thats not shocking. Its probably due to regulatory laws that transactions are saved that long.
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Re:Updating a 50 terabyte PostgreSQL database (2018) by xmaayy on Monday March 22, 2021 @08:24AM (#26539815)
But they don't need to be in the active DB right? Auditing and reporting can be done on an immutable database, while transactions are processed on a smaller active one.
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