My point is that a better designed database, specifically for scalability may alter the point at which CAP becomes relevant for all but the largest problems. E.g. custom indexing, partitioning & caching algorithms.
We see this with vertical-specific databases, having 1-3 orders of magnitude performance advantage over traditional dbs.
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> What do you think about the relational model makes it so "impossible" to scale?
ACID and the CAP theorem.
My point is that a better designed database, specifically for scalability may alter the point at which CAP becomes relevant for all but the largest problems. E.g. custom indexing, partitioning & caching algorithms.
We see this with vertical-specific databases, having 1-3 orders of magnitude performance advantage over traditional dbs.