Re:TiDB – cloud-native, distributed SQL database written in Go
by sgarland on Monday January 06, 2025 @10:25PM
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> Distributed databases reduce a lot of the operational complexity
That’s a new one to me; never have I ever heard someone claim that making a system distributed reduces complexity.
I’ve operated EDB’s Distributed Postgres at a decent scale (< 100 TB of unique data); in no way did it enable reduced complexity. For the devs, maybe – “chuck whatever data you want wherever you want, it’ll show up.” But for Ops? Absolutely not, it was a nightmare.
That’s a new one to me; never have I ever heard someone claim that making a system distributed reduces complexity.
I’ve operated EDB’s Distributed Postgres at a decent scale (< 100 TB of unique data); in no way did it enable reduced complexity. For the devs, maybe – “chuck whatever data you want wherever you want, it’ll show up.” But for Ops? Absolutely not, it was a nightmare.