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/dev/null is an ACID compliant database

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526 points swills | 2 comments | 23 Oct 25 21:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.529s | source
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cluckindan ◴[23 Oct 25 22:09 UTC] No.45687983[source]▶
Always instantly consistent, always available, and perfectly tolerant of partitioning.

Truly, it is the only database which can be scaled to unlimited nodes and remain fully CAP.

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1. inopinatus ◴[24 Oct 25 00:39 UTC] No.45689353[source]▶
Enterprise DBAs will nevertheless provision separate /dev/null0 and /dev/null1 devices due to corporate policy. In the event of an outage, the symlink from null will be updated manually following an approved run book. Please note that this runbook must be revalidated annually as part of the sarbox audit, without which the null device is no longer authorised for production use and must be deleted
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2. alliao ◴[24 Oct 25 07:33 UTC] No.45691911[source]▶
pain