[vogan42]

I don't think riak came out looking too bad, was more documentation than anything.

https://aphyr.com/posts/282-call-me-maybe-postgres Also seemed solid

[threeseed]

PostgreSQL was running only on a single machine i.e not clustered.

It is irrelevant in this discussion.

[baudehlo]

To be fair, most people who think they need a "big data" solution would do just fine with a Postgres single instance install.

[threeseed]

There is far more aspects to big data than just how much data you store.

But regardless you completely missed the point. PostgreSQL was tested as a single instance. Everything else clustered. It's apples and oranges. The clustering part is the hard part here.

[baudehlo]

I didn't miss the point - I totally get it.

My point was simply to remind people that over complicating your situation and going for a "big data" store is usually a mistake when there's something that will keep your data safe when it isn't as big as you assume it's going to be.