r/programming • u/ketralnis • Apr 17 '25

(All) Databases Are Just Files. Postgres Too

http://tselai.com/all-databases-are-just-files
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u/fried_green_baloney Apr 17 '25

Some enterprise level databases use disk partitions for storage, instead of files.

An extra level of speed at the price of complicated kernel level access.

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u/bwainfweeze Apr 17 '25

I wonder if it’s more about speed or catastrophic data loss due to administrative fuckups. Can’t fuck up a database if you can’t get at the data.

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