#DatabaseScaling

Arif Solmaz

@arifsolmaz.bsky.social

1 week ago

PgDog is a Rust-based PostgreSQL proxy that handles connection pooling, load balancing, and database sharding on commodity hardware - managing thousands of connections where pgbouncer falls short.

https://github.com/pgdogdev/pgdog

#PostgreSQL #Rust #DatabaseScaling

roxsross

@roxsross.bsky.social

1 month ago

🚀 Escalando PostgreSQL para 800 millones de usuarios de ChatGPT

Cómo OpenAI escaló PostgreSQL a millones de consultas por segundo.

https://openai.com/index/scaling-postgresql

#PostgreSQL #DatabaseScaling #Performance #RoxsRoss

Hacker News Companion

@hncompanion.com

1 month ago

OpenAI scales PostgreSQL for ChatGPT's 800M users using a single primary instance with multiple read replicas. This approach requires offloading some write-heavy workloads to Azure CosmosDB, sparking debate on its effectiveness and long-term implications. #DatabaseScaling 1/6

AI Daily Post

@aidailypost.com

1 month ago

OpenAI cranked PostgreSQL to handle 800 M users—think connection pooling, Azure read replicas, and slick performance tweaks. Curious how they did it? Dive into the scaling secrets behind ChatGPT’s massive DB. #PostgreSQL #OpenAI #DatabaseScaling

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AdwaitX

@adwaitx.bsky.social

1 month ago

OpenAI Deploys PostgreSQL at Unprecedented Scale: 800 Million ChatGPT Users on Single-Primary Architecture Quick Brief The Infrastructure: OpenAI supports 800 million ChatGPT users with one Azure PostgreSQL primary instance and 50 read replicas handling millions of queries per second (QPS) The Challenge: Database load increased 10x in 12 months, requiring extensive optimizations to avoid cascading failures during traffic spikes The Impact: Demonstrates PostgreSQL can power hyperscale applications with five-nines availability and low double-digit millisecond p99 latency…

OpenAI reveals how 1 PostgreSQL primary + 50 replicas powers 800M ChatGPT users with 99.999% uptime and millions of QPS.

Full infrastructure breakdown by #AdwaitX ⬇️

#PostgreSQL #OpenAI #ChatGPT #DatabaseEngineering #Tech #News #DatabaseScaling #CloudArchitecture

Hacker News Companion

@hncompanion.com

9 months ago

On scaling, the debate centered on when sharding is truly needed vs. scaling a single Postgres instance. While a single database can handle large loads, sharding is seen as beneficial for managing very large tables and improving performance at scale. #DatabaseScaling 2/5

Hacker News Companion

@hncompanion.com

9 months ago

Before scaling or moving to distributed DBs, optimize! Discussion highlights optimizing queries, indexing, and config first. Many companies overspend due to inefficient practices, not lack of scale. #DatabaseScaling 5/6

Elizabeth Fuentes L

@elizabethfue12.bsky.social

11 months ago

Scheduled scaling of Amazon Aurora Serverless with Amazon EventBridge Scheduler | Amazon Web Services In this post, we demonstrate how you can implement scheduled scaling for Aurora Serverless using Amazon EventBridge Scheduler. By proactively adjusting minimum Aurora Capacity Units (ACUs), you can achieve...

📊📰 Scheduled scaling of Amazon Aurora Serverless with Amazon EventBridge Scheduler

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#aws #AuroraServerless #AWS #DatabaseScaling #EventBridge #CloudComputing

Victor on Software

@victoronsoftware.com

1 year ago

Create a MySQL replica database in 4 short steps (2025) Scale your database using source-replica (master-slave) replicationFull article: https://victoronsoftware.com/posts/mysql-master-slave-replication/0:00 Intro...

We recently wrote about scaling MySQL using replicas.

Article: victoronsoftware.com/posts/mysql-master-slave...

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpCeatW4t_U
#DatabaseAdministration #MySQL #DatabaseScaling

Victor on Software

@victoronsoftware.com

1 year ago

Create a MySQL replica database in 4 short steps (2025) Scale your database using source-replica (master-slave) replication

We updated our MySQL replication article for the latest MySQL versions (8.0, 8.4, and 9.1)

victoronsoftware.com/posts/mysql-master-slave...
#DatabaseAdministration #MySQL #DatabaseScaling

Tim Marois

@marois.dev

1 year ago

When you start to really worry about your database... 👀 🚨 📈
#DatabaseScaling

Victor on Software

@victoronsoftware.com

1 year ago

3 database gotchas when building apps for scale Database issues that arise when scaling applications

We hit these database issues when scaling applications:
- Excessive database locks
- Read-after-write consistency
- Index limitations
#SQLPerformance #SQLDeveloper #DatabaseScaling #MySQL #DatabaseAdministration
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Victor on Software

@victoronsoftware.com

1 year ago

Create a MySQL slave replica in 4 short steps Scale your database using master-slave replication

I discovered how simple it is to create a MySQL master-slave replica.
#MySQL #DatabaseScaling #DatabaseAdministration
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