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Benchmarking Postgres


Benchmarking Postgres in a transparent, standardized and fair way is challenging. Here, we look at the process of how we did it in-depth

Data size, hot:cold ratios, QPS variability, schema structure, indexes, and 100 other factors determine the requirements of your relational database setup. We chose an instance size and cluster configuration that represents what would be typical for a real production application with at least a moderate amount of usage. For the other products we compared to, we kept things simple by creating single-instance databases that match or exceeded the vCPUs and RAM of the PlanetScale primary.

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