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Re:Ok, but Does It Scale? by a2ff6eeb0 on Friday September 04, 2026 @03:04PM (#49568788)
So, in short, I think I agree with the op:

> I don't see anything that indicates how spacetime solves the core problem CRDB does, which is guaranteeing that single node failures can be tolerated with zero data loss or loss of availability

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Re:Ok, but Does It Scale? by cloutiertyler on Friday September 04, 2026 @03:11PM (#49568904)
I'm not sure I follow. SpacetimeDB Cloud has the same exact behavior as CRDB in terms of tolerating single node failure and loss of availability.
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Re:Ok, but Does It Scale? by andersonpico on Friday September 04, 2026 @03:26PM (#49569083)
how would a single node system survive the failure of its only node?
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Re:Ok, but Does It Scale? by a2ff6eeb0 on Friday September 04, 2026 @04:02PM (#49569533)
If you only have a single node, you're not scalable.
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Re:Ok, but Does It Scale? by cloutiertyler on Friday September 04, 2026 @05:57PM (#49570715)
It wouldn’t. SpacetimeDB Cloud is not single node. And before you say it’s not open source, neither is CRDB.
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Re:Ok, but Does It Scale? by andersonpico on Sunday September 06, 2026 @12:21PM (#49588020)
you misunderstood me, I was responding to a2ff6eeb0 saying he agreed with the OP
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