If it's a simple update, then it's doubful a once-a-second update would cause any problems. Databases are built to handle exactly that sort of work.
On 8/11/06, Neil Tompkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At the moment our mysql server hosted by an ISP, is updated every second by a program running on our local Internet connection from our own office network. We have seen no performance issues from our websites hosted by the same ISP running our mySQL server. My question is because of this remote update, would we see a problem if we queried the mysql database from webpages from another ISP ? ________________________________ > Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:09:29 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Access mySQL database across Internet > CC: mysql@lists.mysql.com > > A good point to make here is that averages are generally a poor > calculation to use when planning for load, since your systems have to > handle the peaks as well as the average. I know this, fought a number > of fights over it at my last job - don't know why I just quoted you > averages! > > If 99% of your 1000 hits occur between 7:59 AM and 8:01 AM (some sort > of workday login validaton system perhaps ) then obviously you need to > handle as many as 500 a minute or more. So it may vary from average > quite a bit based on your peak times - that will be good information > to research as part of your planning process. > > Dan > > > On 8/10/06, Dan Buettner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, 1000 hits / day isn't terribly high traffic, if you're serving > > pretty normal "stuff". That averages out to a hit every 32 seconds or > > so during the course of an 8 to 5 business day, a hit every 86 seconds > > or so in a full day. No problems at that level. > > > > When you get to 1000 hits / minute, then you're talking high traffic! > > > > Dan > > > > On 8/10/06, Neil Tompkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What would you assume to be high traffic ? 1000 hits per day or more ? > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:05:11 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Access mySQL database across Internet> CC: mysql@lists.mysql.com> > Neil, in theory, this should work fine, given sufficient bandwidth> between the two sites.> > In practice, if it is a high traffic site generating a large number of> connections, or a high traffic site pulling large pieces of data> (BLOBs or TEXT) from the remote database, you may find performance to> be unacceptable.> > Latency to establish a connection will be slightly higher, on a "busy> internet day" possibly noticeable to end uers.> > You'll have to be sure you open up any firewalls and also MySQL's own> access control to your remote server.> > Some ISPs prohibit connections like this, so check with yours - would> be disappointing for sure to build it all then get a call saying> "cease and desist; read our acceptable use policy".> > Dan> > > On 8/10/06, Neil Tompkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > Hi> >> > We have a mysql database hosted with a IIS server on the same network accessible over the Internet. Now we want to set-up a new website with another ISP therefore located in a different datacenter.> >> > Has anyone had any experience of this. What performance issues would I get if I access the database from the other datacenter across the Internet ?> >> > Thanks> > Neil> > > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail.
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