This post is part of a series about the challenges behind database performance and how to accurately assess it.
When we started selling QuasarDB, we focused on its performance advantages and touted how great they were. The logic behind that was obvious: we were very strong in this area; thus we should bring the battle to where we are strong!
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This port is the first in a series about the challenges behind database performance and how to accurately assess it. In future posts, we will dig more into the specifics of benchmarks and design choices.
If you are following database innovation you can see that nearly every database vendor out there has at least one benchmark putting them in the first place. With every vendor selling the fastest database there is, you end up in a Penrose stairs situation where everyone is faster than everyone.
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You probably heard at least once the hardware is free aphorism. Perhaps you even said it! The underlying notion is that optimizing code is generally more expensive than upgrading the machine or even buying a new one.
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