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/dev/null is an ACID compliant database

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526 points swills | 1 comments | 23 Oct 25 21:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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rezonant ◴[23 Oct 25 22:34 UTC] No.45688230[source]▶
But is /dev/null web scale?
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epistasis ◴[23 Oct 25 22:38 UTC] No.45688273[source]▶
Yes, /dev/null can even power sites like zombo.com
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bottled_poe ◴[23 Oct 25 22:41 UTC] No.45688321[source]▶
What’s the I/O throughput of /dev/null ?
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1. CaptainOfCoit ◴[23 Oct 25 22:46 UTC] No.45688374{3}[source]▶
You start dealing with Heisen-throughput at that point, it goes as high as you can measure.