You can scale RDB systems, but yes it's obviously much harder than to scale a HA replicated database system. I have seen RDB databases with billions of records, but I don't recommend it. Yes, data size is the key axiom here that defines if you need consistency or availability. However, very few databases needs data sizes that justifies NoSQL and availability, at least in my space. My article was just an attempt at pinpointing that fact. As to ...
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You can scale RDB systems, but yes it's obviously much harder than to scale a HA replicated database system. I have seen RDB databases with billions of records, but I don't recommend it. Yes, data size is the key axiom here that defines if you need consistency or availability. However, very few databases needs data sizes that justifies NoSQL and availability, at least in my space. My article was just an attempt at pinpointing that fact. As to ...
Word! That was kind of like my punchline here ...