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Databases: YottaDB and Postgres Self-managing
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YottaDB ☛ 100,000 Foot View of Core-Banking Systems
Core-banking systems (CBS) are the legal systems of record for account balances and transactions. For custodians with fiduciary responsibility for their customers’ money, CBS are the most mission-critical applications for commercial banks.
At a high level, there are two types of core-banking systems: batch and real-time.
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[Old] Sal ☛ On self-managing Postgres
I have a different opinion based on my experience as a manager of engineering teams across multiple companies. My teams have owned lots of databases, including lots of Postgres. As the manager, I was responsible for staffing the team with the right people and skillsets to keep everything humming along, which has shaped my perspective.
In my view, it’s not about the burden on you to get something like Postgres running, keep it reasonably maintained, automate deployment and maintenance, get minimum-viable backups working, etc. It’s not about you, the individual. Rather, it’s about the enduring team, business continuity, and the cost of downtime.