> > > I have no problems using MySQL as a lightweight database for simple
> > > chores, but I'm a bit weary about putting into a mission critical
> > > environment.
> 1. MySQL hasn't been "proven" yet in the corporate environment
We run a periodic billing system backed with MySQL, in addition to
the rest of a web site that is hammered with approximately 300 million
hits per month. These all go against a single MySQL instance running on
modest x86 hardware.
> 2. Some of the comments in the mySQL manual... people losing data doing
> routine stuff like table optimizations, adding keys, etc. If a database is
> reliable, things like that shouldn't happen. Comments like those in the
> MySQL manual scared me.
We've never lost data. Our database server has crashed hard from OS failures
and suffered plenty of unclean shutdowns. MySQL/InnoDB always recovers
perfectly.
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