Re: Scalability in postgres

From: Craig James <craig_james(at)emolecules(dot)com>
To: Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Scalability in postgres
Date: 2009-06-05 16:01:10
Message-ID: 4A294146.7010800@emolecules.com
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Greg Smith wrote:
> No amount of theoretical discussion advances that any until
> you're at least staring at a very specific locking problem you've
> already characterized extensively via profiling. And even then,
> profiling trumps theory every time.

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is a great deal of difference.

Craig

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