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Load balancing PostgreSQL in the Amazon cloud
We've been working on an internal project for quite some time that among other things involves a ReSTful web service backed by a PostgreSQL database.
Our "production" installation is deployed in the Amazon EC2 cloud, with the idea that this gives us maximum flexibility to scale up resource investment dynamically with demand. However, in such a deployment PostgreSQL becomes both a potential bottleneck and SPOF (Single Point of Failure). While at its current phase in development we don't see any indication that we will be reaching a performance ceilings any time soon, this is still a concern for any large-scale roll out.
patch-tracking.debian.net
way back in june there were some discussions on the debian-devel mailing lists about more effectively visualizing the changes made by debian developers to the packaged software distributed in debian.
Adventures in Copenhagen
a little more than a week ago, i was invited down by a friend of a friend to give a quick 15 minute talk in copenhagen about package management in debian. the talk was to be part of a larger "package management deathmatch" being hosted by the european BSD users' conference (euroBSDcon), where developers from different OS distributions would pitch why their system was the greatest thing since sliced bread and so much cooler than those other guys' system.