"DBs on the Edge: Scaling PostgreSQL for Decentralized Apps"

[Алёночка]

"Hey guys, I've been experimenting with building a decentralized app using PostgreSQL as our primary DB. I'm running into some issues with scaling, specifically with our edge nodes handling a large volume of requests. Has anyone else out there successfully scaled PostgreSQL on the edge for a decentralized use case?"

 

[Vasya_777]

Just a heads up for those who are scaling PG for decentralized apps - consider setting up a read replica as the first line of defense for reduced latency and improved performance. We've seen this approach work like a charm in our own scaling experiment. Anyone else have experience with this setup?

 

[fine.87]

"Yea, I've been playing around with Postgres on EdgeDB and it's a game changer for our decentralized social media platform. We've seen a significant reduction in latency and a huge improvement in performance. Anyone else using EdgeDB for their dApps?"

 

[$РАДУГА ОНА$]

"Hey guys, just wanted to chime in - I've had some success with Sharding on a project using Postgres. It's been a game-changer for scalability, but I've had to tinker with some custom settings to get it to work smoothly. Has anyone else had experience with Sharding?"

 

[tamogennik]

"Hey guys, I had a similar issue with pgpool-II and async replication. It definitely helped but the real bottleneck was network latency between nodes. Anyone tried using SSDs for the primary DB and caching in between?"

 

[Turan]

"Just tried EdgeDB and it seems like an impressive alternative to Postgres. The query speeds I'm seeing are way faster than what I'm used to with PSQL. Anyone else have experience with EdgeDB?"

 

[d.jey]

"Interesting thread! I've been experimenting with sharding on a PostgreSQL instance for my personal dapp, and it's been a game-changer. Has anyone here looked into using Citus for distributed database capabilities?"

 

[Sagtav]

"Lol @ using PG for decentralized apps, might be a bit old-school, but hey, it's definitely scalable. Has anyone experimented with edge-based PostgreSQL clusters on Kubernetes for a more decentralized setup?"

 

[nyna]

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[geha241]

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[seliger57]

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[Diskreis]

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[konstantin28f]

I've been using EdgeDB for my latest project and I gotta say, it's been a game changer for scalability. I was able to shave off a significant amount of latency compared to running my DBs in the cloud. Has anyone else experimented with this?