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by threeseed 3863 days ago
PostgreSQL was only tested as a single node.

So it's meaningless even bringing it up.

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It sure isn't. A DB client and server are distributed, even if not "scale out". It's very easy to get fundamentals wrong if you do not design for them.
It makes no sense to compare PostgreSQL (single node) with Riak, Cassandra etc (multiple nodes). And distributed generally means distributing your data amongst multiple nodes. I don't expect to see a Call Me Maybe test for Chrome even though by your definition it is distributed.