Re: Why we lost Uber as a user

From: Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alfred Perlstein <alfred(at)freebsd(dot)org>, Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin(at)geoff(dot)dj>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Why we lost Uber as a user
Date: 2016-08-03 13:43:12
Message-ID: CAMsr+YF1CSZ7cesOVWCzK5iXoiCqVkOY0mid0=PycQmRP8ZBYA@mail.gmail.com
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On 3 August 2016 at 05:14, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

>
> In short, I think Uber's position that logical replication is somehow more
> reliable than physical is just wishful thinking. If anything, my money
> would be on the other way around: there's a lot less mechanism that can go
> wrong in physical replication.

Particularly since they aren't using row-based logical replication, but -
it seems - statement based replication. We all know the problems there.

Craig Ringer http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services

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