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Date Published
Author
Sarung Tripathi
Word count
1045
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The global Postgres community has tens of thousands of users and several thousand enterprises, making it a widely adopted technology. Its strong support for transactions, ability to handle JSON natively, and ecosystem extensibility have made it attractive to developers. However, the increasing demands of data-intensive applications have introduced new challenges, such as scalability issues with single-node systems and reliability concerns with distributed Postgres. To address these challenges, SingleStoreDB has emerged as a solution that supports both transactions and analytics while maintaining the great features of open-source databases like Postgres. Many organizations have successfully migrated their applications from Postgres to SingleStoreDB, achieving significant improvements in performance, concurrency, and scalability. With its lightweight migration tooling and zero-downtime cutover capabilities, SingleStoreDB offers a seamless transition for businesses looking to upgrade their database infrastructure.