Re: Redis 16 times faster than Postgres?

From: Morris de Oryx <morrisdeoryx(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Redis 16 times faster than Postgres?
Date: 2019-09-30 00:01:46
Message-ID: CAKqncciLM9+Yh3crRT6VvM2VUc4Z-N92yJh3-iA2hdYbzzeGjA@mail.gmail.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-general

Sigh. I despair of "16x faster" and "20x faster" headlines that ignore the
raw numbers. *The worst numbers in there are far below the threshold of
user perception*. Unless these results are compounded by running in a loop,
they are meaningless. Not immeasurable, just meaningless.

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/response-times-3-important-limits/

That piece is from 1993, but the human nervous system hasn't changed since
then.

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-general by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Ron 2019-09-30 00:25:27 Re: Redis 16 times faster than Postgres?
Previous Message Ron 2019-09-29 21:52:15 Re: Redis 16 times faster than Postgres?