A new Polaris has risen!

Although this article will not cover pulsars 、 Black holes or any other form of astrology …… But it will still cover today IT One of the most exciting and fundamental changes in the industry .

translator's note ： Here are several links to the article , Interested readers can refer to the original .

*1

Two aggregate （ Or fusion ） The story of

This story is about aggregation .

To understand the meaning of any aggregation , You have to understand the lines that come together . Allow me to review these .

The challenging point in these two lines is , Only an early glimpse of this new era . They are still very busy in the daily operation of open source or conquering more basic fields .

One

Why? Postgres Yes, the answer

I started from Oracle Migrate to Postgres！ From as Oracle ACE The road of stable development （ At least for me at that time ） Transition to a new world of open source data management . If you want to know what is included and how to do it , I wrote a trilogy for you to learn more （《 Why did I choose Postgres instead of Oracle, The first part 》 Link address ：http://jk-consult.nl/why-i-picked-postgres-over-oracle/ ）

stay Oracle Has worked in the field for nearly 25 Years later, , from Oracle Migrate to Postgres It really feels like following a new Polaris . The fact proved that , It can provide good guidance .

This sentence still exists in my mind ——“ Each has ”——PostgreSQL The global development team is really focused on Postgres. however , stay Oracle I wonder which suppliers are focusing on making their systems stable 、 All valuable work done efficiently .

such “ Emerging from the red foam ” Let me realize , In this story , There are broader challenges , This leads to aggregated “ Second clue ”.

I think this position enables me to monitor this part of the spectrum to some extent （ Database and data management ）.
Be careful ： If you are aware of the direction of the data management industry ,Postgres That's the answer. .
Keep that in mind ！

Two

The challenge of brain opening

these years , Much of the focus is on infrastructure . Just because it's expensive 、 dull 、 Error prone and there is a lot of room for improvement .

• Infrastructure is code —— Your server is not your pet , You don't look after it , Instead, replace it .
  

• Cloud infrastructure —— Your server ？？ It's not your server …… You just use it , You are serverless .
  

• Since I started to work in IT Since work , Many of these developments have shocked the world .
  
  

We can distinguish between many drivers , And play a role in it ：

• The cost needs to be reduced ！！ Emerging CIO The challenge is ： Spend a little money on big things . and , We have achieved success in this area , Year after year ……
  
  

• Speed needs to be improved ！！ Our application needs more functionality , We need them to be faster , We need them to work better .
  

At different points in time IT Operational work , These elements always bring me the most difficult challenge of mental work .

Three

The winner is ……Postgres

exactly , There is no denying that （ Or at least in my book ）,Postgres Win. , And where it still competes , It will still win . Why ？

I think there are several reasons ：

1、 Open source of Public Administration , Community driven open source , Gave it a name . Technology is not for profit …… therefore , Opportunities and directions have no barriers or boundaries .

2、 The relational model will never die .Michael Stonebraker The doctor himself said , There will be no post relationship era , The data we get is managed / The more processing methods , The more you need SQL To understand things .

3、 Metcalf and Reid's law . to Postgres More ideas , More contributors , More firepower .Postgres A strong and firm foundation is constantly growing . For the foreseeable future ,PostgreSQL The foundation laid by the core team will continue to be Postgres Add momentum .

4、Datawarehouse、Datalakehouse、Graph、NoSQL、NewSQL、distributed, And other magic words you can put together . We have seen it in the past , We will see it again ...... Will all converge to Postgres. It's inevitable .

Latest evidence ：Apache AGE（ be based on PostgreSQL Graphic data function extension of ,Apache The software foundation announced Apache AGE For top projects ）. That's all I have to say .

Wait a moment …… Make a pause , Think about some of the implications …… Let go of prejudice , Think about it ：Postgres Power , This is the Linux The most revolutionary technology since .

*2

Kubernetes (K8s)

Get into Kubernetes！ If you haven't already done so , I strongly recommend that you （ The original text contains youtube Video link ） Watch about K8s The origin of the two-part documentary .

Only a short while ago , At a meeting somewhere in Eastern Europe , A keynote speaker is talking about IT operating . At some point in the story , He told us , After a deployment failure , He's working with CEO Call . He said ; “ see , sir , The application runs on my computer ！”  His CEO replied ：“ ok , It's all good , It's just that I won't pay you to run it on your computer , But I will pay you to let it run on my computer ”.

in my opinion , This is one of the key elements of the container infrastructure solution . Immutable infrastructure , With Kubernetes Mode as run Postgres Part of . In a true cloud native way Postgres Integration as the core element of data processing is an important new method .

Besides doing a good job in infrastructure ,K8s It also revolutionized the world of application development . Single applications become microservice based solutions , Allow continuous integration / A paradigm for things like continuous delivery , as well as DORA Describe more cool things .

Oh , Did I mention Kubernetes It is also a publicly managed open source community driven project ？！ understand CNCF The whole content of ！ by my troth , This time I won't go on talking about seven out of nine things ( Here is a link to the article ).

One

Kubernetes The data on the

So basically , You have it ！

We from Postgres I saw something amazing in ！

But they never really focused on deployment, more like each has its own strengths .

We have Kubernetes Saw something amazing ！

But they never really focused on data, etc , Because developers need to build functionality ！

stay CNCF Under the guidance of the authority of , We have a report on Kubernetes The real data of the community （ The article links ）！

The first step on the road of integration 、 A profound and fundamental step ,Postgres And Kubernetes meet , We are beginning a new era , May start for something old （ Back when the computer was invented ） Bring some answers and some newer challenges , for example ：

1、 Impedance mismatch （ Article external chain ）

2、#DBADev, perhaps DBA And how developers can or should work together .

3、 Microservices Sagas Data management in

Starting from here is basically ：“ hi , Silver ！ Leave ！”

This is unstoppable , Or as a colleague once explained, Babylon 5：“ The avalanche has begun , The cobblestone vote was too late .”

This is the new Polaris .

*3

Last , We're just beginning

from Oracle To Postgres—— Um. , It's done . Content that has not been migrated may disappear at some point .

Postgres Established , There is no argument .

Kubernetes It's so powerful , So attractive , It answers so many questions , So that it will accompany us for a long time .

however , There is a fundamental gap . No matter how you twist or rotate it , All users of your application need data , Otherwise, what's the use of all your cool features ？

Postgres and Kubernetes, Two of the most powerful technologies today answer this question .

Click here to read the original text

This article is from WeChat official account. - Open Source Software Alliance PostgreSQL Branch （kaiyuanlianmeng）.
If there is any infringement , Please contact the [email protected] Delete .
Participation of this paper “OSC Source creation plan ”, You are welcome to join us , share .