Thanks to everybody who helped me with this!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian P. Austin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dietrich Speer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 9:01 AM Subject: RE: E-Commerce, db-clustering and MySQL? > There is no clustering in MySQL. Replication features allow something > similar. > > In my opinion, the reason I prefer MySQL is the fact that the basics are > there to do what ever you need to. > You are responsible for making the solution, not the vendor. > > Multiple MySQL slave servers, and multiple webservers with heartbeat or > something similar to spread the web load, and some nifty programming > can usually solve high load problems with MySQL. > > The lack of all the "advanced features" in MySQL is what makes it a joy to > work with. (you get to be creative:) > > plus.... the people hear on the lists are really good at helping in those > "clustering" situations, when you get specific. > > As for people with wxperience in this, I do high load stuff alot, you just > have to read the manual thouroghly and try out different techniques. > > I hope this helps at least somewhat. > > brian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dietrich Speer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 6:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: E-Commerce, db-clustering and MySQL? > > > Hello: > > We are running a large e-commerce site currently with ASP/MSSQL. The ever > increasing number of hits, complexity of the site and request for reporting > is slowly but surely bringing us to the point were the current database > application is getting tired. > > Now we're thinking Linux, MySQL and clustering. > > I have been looking around a little and don't like the fact that there are > no stored procedures and no triggers. However - if we cluster several quad > processor machines we should be fine without. > > Right now it's all theory, and there don't seem to be a lot of articles on > the web about this. At least I had no luck finding any. > > Does anybody have real life experiences with this kind of a setup? Does > anybody know where to find reports about this? > > I'd be greatful for any link or hint! > > Dietrich Speer > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
