On Tuesday 14 July 2009 14:16:33 you wrote: > This is great, > thank you > > I have to say, if this is a free-of-charge > add on to postgres that works and utilizes the hardware on each server > to perform > the join, > > -- why would anybody need to use mapreduce/hadoop/etc? > for database-like selects ? It's new - the grid project just moved out of beta i believe. However I know of at least one commercial company using it in production with no issues > > > > > > > > On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:45 -0600, "Kevin Kempter" > > <kevink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > But do you know if supports viewes that combines tables > > > from different servers (this way > > > I can prefix a table on each server with server_id and then > > > just combine them in the view in a single Image table) > > > > no need for this, the system presents the clients (via the controller) a > > single table - even though its actually partitioned across nodes > > > > > > > > It's quite similar to the Informix XPS product if that helps > > -- > Vlad P > author of C++ ORM http://github.com/vladp/CppOrm/tree/master -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
