Ask HN: How does the Postgres ecosystem compare to Vitess at 1PB+?

4 pointsGabrielBianconi7mo ago2 comments

I'm not an expert in databases.

The MySQL ecosystem has a mature open-source solution for scaling horizontally with Vitess.

The Postgres ecosystem seems to have alternatives like Citus, CockroachDB, etc.

Are they similarly mature? How do they compare for massive-scale deployments (1PB+ of data, insert-heavy workload)?

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There is nothing as mature as Vitess in the Postgres world. But PlanetScale the company behind Vitess is building a Postgres sharding project.

Thanks, Sam! I'm excited to see what you guys come up with.

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4 pointsGabrielBianconi7mo ago2 comments

I'm not an expert in databases.

The MySQL ecosystem has a mature open-source solution for scaling horizontally with Vitess.

The Postgres ecosystem seems to have alternatives like Citus, CockroachDB, etc.

Are they similarly mature? How do they compare for massive-scale deployments (1PB+ of data, insert-heavy workload)?

There is nothing as mature as Vitess in the Postgres world. But PlanetScale the company behind Vitess is building a Postgres sharding project.

Thanks, Sam! I'm excited to see what you guys come up with.

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