Surrealdb Is Sacrificing Data Durability to Make Benchmarks Look Better
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The post criticizes SurrealDB for potentially sacrificing data durability to improve benchmark performance, sparking concerns about the reliability of the database.
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cosmic_quanta
5 months ago
I know Kyle Kingsbury is probably backed up for years, but I wouldn't use a NewSQL DB without a Jepsen report
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