Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD79A1337BA2 for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:55:46 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 68001-01-2 for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 06:55:39 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.122]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A1881337BB1 for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:55:38 -0300 (ADT) X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=QISHQ+x4xS+apxgDHgAvNvlUjyrXCzYsHvuXcbPYiKg= c=1 sm=0 a=uLnYnW5vPakA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=RAii6je2cdnAH6ATCOpc6g==:17 a=_Ixf_7qHAAAA:8 a=BQf5-nXw-UWENijjjEgA:9 a=XtQHyVoHGmi6nkJw3ZYkPhxIWkwA:4 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=ryAo9hy1-OkA:10 a=6vsjEBoLwlAA:10 a=0tfO7MgyNwYA:10 a=RAii6je2cdnAH6ATCOpc6g==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 74.73.87.196 Received: from [74.73.87.196] ([74.73.87.196:49980] helo=[192.168.1.103]) by hrndva-oedge04.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id DC/40-11377-A6361BC4; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 06:55:38 +0000 Message-ID: <4CB1636B.3000006@vmsinfo.com> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 02:55:39 -0400 From: Mladen Gogala User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100915 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: large dataset with write vs read clients References: <4CAE3FDB.1040909@2ndquadrant.com> <87ocb3yu10.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <4CB0E006.8010905@vmsinfo.com> <4CB16080.1050406@postnewspapers.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4CB16080.1050406@postnewspapers.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201010/85 X-Sequence-Number: 40504 On 10/10/2010 2:43 AM, Craig Ringer wrote: > > Some of the other flavours of non-SQL databases, both those that've been > around forever (PICK/UniVerse/etc, Berkeley DB, Cache, etc) and those > that're new and fashionable Cassandra, CouchDB, etc, provide some ACID > properties anyway. If you don't need/want an SQL interface to your > database you don't have to throw out all that other database-y goodness > if you haven't been drinking too much of the NoSQL kool-aid. This is a terrible misunderstanding. You haven't taken a look at that Youtube clip I sent you, have you? I am an Oracle DBA, first and foremost, disturbing the peace since 1989. I haven't been drinking the NoSQL kool-aid at all. I was simply being facetious. ACID rules are business rules and I am bitterly opposed to relaxing them. BTW, my favorite drink is Sam Adams Ale. -- Mladen Gogala Sr. Oracle DBA 1500 Broadway New York, NY 10036 (212) 329-5251 www.vmsinfo.com