On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:15 AM, C. J. L. wrote > > I would buy a fast server with 4 or more cpu cores and the SSD or SAS > drives and run the backend db on a dedicated mysql instance. >
By the way, guys, the performance difference between a regular SATA drive and a fast SAS drive is comparatively small. The difference between a SAS drive and an SSD drive is tremendous. i
