Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Walker <neil@×××××××.nu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Database only server
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:41:56
Message-Id: 4B4CA5FD.1020308@ep.mine.nu
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Database only server by Laurent Kappler
1 Laurent Kappler wrote:
2 > I'm looking for some information about the configuration for a server
3 > used only for a huge database.
4 > I guess dépendanding on which database server used Mysql or Berkley
5 > the hardware should not be same.
6 > Or is it all about having a lot of RAM ?
7
8 I think you will find it's more about the disk sub-system than anything
9 else.
10
11 > Could I do that using only Mysql or is it possible to have Mysql and
12 > Berkley, or should I have just Berkley ... ?
13
14 My choice would be mysql. It's used for one of the largest databases on
15 the planet - seti@home. ;)
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17
18 Be lucky,
19
20 Neil
21 http://www.wwseti.us