Comment Re:bigger explination (Score 4, Insightful) 596
As we've said a bunch of times in the past, moving away from MySQL would be prohibitive. By now we know how to make it work for us; switching away from MySQL would not only involve massive rewriting of stuff and alterations on the existing DB, it'd take the next five years before we got as comfortable with the flaws and advantages of another DB package.
Sure, MySQL has its flaws -- some of them pretty big -- but we can work around them.
As for the "not needing a server cluster that big" -- do you have any clue how much data we push in an average day? We maintain so many DB clusters to improve reliability, and we maintain so many web nodes because we push a screaming shitload of traffic.
Sure, MySQL has its flaws -- some of them pretty big -- but we can work around them.
As for the "not needing a server cluster that big" -- do you have any clue how much data we push in an average day? We maintain so many DB clusters to improve reliability, and we maintain so many web nodes because we push a screaming shitload of traffic.
