On Sat, Nov 03, 2001 at 12:07:03AM +0000, Manjeet Singh wrote: > Hi Group, > > I am new to mysql, and would like you all to give some time in > resolving my trouble. I am stuck up with a problem of designing > stores database for a big company.The company is located in > different places and wants web-based insertion, retrival and > maintaining of data and records in the database.
Okay... > I am worried of the performance and speed of quering the database > and getting displayed on the browser, as they have around 25 million > records in the database. 25 million records isn't a lot, given modern hardware. > I need to know: > 1) What is the maximum storage capacity of MySQL, It's really, really big. I don't remember the exact number anymore, but there has been at least once instance of a database with over 2 billion rows in it. > 2) How will be the performance for this type of huge > database, where web-based frontend is used and what can be > done so has to increase the performance. Make sure you give MySQL sufficient memory. Make sure you data is properly indexed. > 3) How to speed-up the querying time, as the queryed > results are manipluated through scripts and displayed on > web browser. Same as above. > 4) How can it be tuned for a better performance. Again, same as above. Have a read thru this: http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-06/mysql_01.html to start with. And watch for part #2 in the December issue. :-) > As, i am still in the planning stage with the details of my client > as above, i have to decide on with wich database i should proceed. > > I would also want to know will MySQL is capable of > withstanding the load: Yes. > 1) As so many users from different locations will be > querying and getting results on web. How many users at once? > 2) Even they are users who will be adding data to the > database. Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technical Yahoo - Yahoo Finance Desk: (408) 349-7878 Fax: (408) 349-5454 Cell: (408) 685-5936 MySQL 3.23.41-max: up 60 days, processed 1,316,159,175 queries (253/sec. avg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
