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Mon Mar-03-08 12:04 PM
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A question about DU's setup - |
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I have been paying a lot of attention to how fast DU is and wonder:
Are you folks REALLY using MySQL? - I use it but didn't know it could handle the kind of traffic I see here.
What kind of hardware setup do you use?
I assume Linux for the OS....
Thanks
(I am NOT a database troll)
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The Straight Story
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Mon Mar-03-08 12:06 PM
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1. If you want a faster data base, span it over multiple drives |
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Mon Mar-03-08 12:09 PM
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2. If you want a faster data base, span it over multiple drives |
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RAID FTW. (Solid-state RAID FTW even more)
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Mon Mar-03-08 12:13 PM
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4. Yeah, I assumed a RAID setup of some sort,.... |
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and probably a cluster of servers.....maybe one of those huge IBM servers running hundreds (thousands, now?) of virtual Linux instances.....
Something really fast and redundant...and more than I can afford......heh.
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Mon Mar-03-08 12:13 PM
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3. Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators |
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For more specific info pm one of them
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Mon Mar-03-08 12:22 PM
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5. Hey, don't be knocking the MySQL! |
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Properly configured, with a well though out connection scheme, it can really cook!
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Mon Mar-03-08 12:42 PM
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9. I'm using it right now!!! |
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I like it just fine, I was wondering about scale, that's all.
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Mon Mar-03-08 01:19 PM
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14. MYSQL has progressed... |
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Back in the day, it used to have problems with integrity when your tables got up around a million rows. AFAIK, it's pretty stable now and yes, it is scalable to small enterprise levels, but, I doubt it's ready for pan-galactic (NSA) scales. I'm not sure if it has replication and distribution yet.
Throwing more disk at a problem isn't always the solution to scale or slowness.
-Hoot
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Mon Mar-03-08 05:12 PM
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18. it has replication. They're currently working on per-record rep. (nt) |
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Mon Mar-03-08 12:24 PM
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Mon Mar-03-08 12:26 PM
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"you folks?" Is that somehow politically insensitive?
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Mon Mar-03-08 12:41 PM
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8. Oh, Crap, I forgot this is DU.... |
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"you folks"
Means I'm talking to the engineers (people) that operate the hardware and computer software that actually run DU. Not any group, subgroup, faction, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical ability or disability, not the emotionally challenged or intellectually stunted.
I'm speaking to the NERDS.
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Mon Mar-03-08 12:42 PM
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10. "I'm speaking to the NERDS." |
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Excuse me, don't you mean "Nerd-Americans"?
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Mon Mar-03-08 12:44 PM
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We nerds are a nation unto ourselves....heh.....
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Mon Mar-03-08 12:43 PM
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11. If you have a question for "you folks" I'd ask the Admins |
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At the bottom of page, where it says:
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
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Mon Mar-03-08 04:14 PM
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:evilgrin:
(sorry. i was just ... i don't know .... trying to be a smart-ass:silly: )
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Mon Mar-03-08 12:49 PM
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Not YOU. Yes, you in the tie. And you. You too. NOT you, no way, sorry.
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Mon Mar-03-08 01:20 PM
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15. Squirrels in the basement are LARGE! |
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Mon Mar-03-08 04:17 PM
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17. Us DUers have very large tubes. |
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