How Kimberly Clark hacked Redshift optimization saving over $250k

How Kimberly Clark hacked Redshift optimization saving over $250k(tableau.com)

11 points by yanivleven 8 years ago | 4 comments

Johnc314 8 years ago |

what can you optimize on Redshift? I mean you still need to define data type, schema distribution key...So its still be a pain in the ass.

scapecast 8 years ago | |

What’s the PIA you’re referring to?

Johnc314 8 years ago | | |

well before we used Panoply we used Redshift.

And it was a pain it didn't scale, changing data types was a bitch, even the amount of GB stored was sometimes off. I mean, today we use Panoply so it offsets a lot of the crap that goes into maintaining Redshift.

But I think that Redshift is just not good enough today and without Panoply its close to impossible to have real scale on it.