Re: how good is PostgreSQL

markw wrote:
> 
> Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > For users of large PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL builders, this is for you.

..snip..

> 
> Also, that 1100 page view per second is assuming an even distribution of
> traffic, which does not happen in a web server. If you average that much,
> chances are there will be periods of twice that.
> 

That's excessively optimistic.  If your daily average is 1100 per second, you'll
have 2200 average for many of the hours in that day, 5500 for a few hours, and
some 10-minute periods with 11,000, certainly once in a while.

++ kevin


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