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On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 15:15 +0100, Laurent Kappler wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I'm looking for some information about the configuration for a server |
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> used only for a huge database. |
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> I guess dépendanding on which database server used Mysql or Berkley the |
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> hardware should not be same. |
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> Or is it all about having a lot of RAM ? |
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> Could I do that using only Mysql or is it possible to have Mysql and |
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> Berkley, or should I have just Berkley ... ? |
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Could you do *what*? |
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Do you mean Berkely DB? Berkely DB isn't really a DBMS. It's more of a |
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flat-file database. It's not even relational, it's key->value based. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_DB |
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One could argue that MySQL isn't a real DBMS too but I won't get into |
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that ;-) |
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Anyway it's very difficult to answer your questions without knowing what |
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your requirments are (how large is "huge", how many simultaneous users, |
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anticipated queries/sec etc.) |
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