So they have master servers and replication. Not to mention they've covered up for MySQLs lack of ability to kill heavy queries automatically by making some hacky perl-script.
Something tells me using MySQL didn't really help them much, as all serious DBs out there have this shit covered by default.
In fact everything mentioned in this article is stuff I would have with SQL Server Standard Edition, and that's stuff that's been around at least since 2000.
Disclaimer: I'm somewhat of a DB-purist and I hate seeing things like this encouraged or praised, when I consider this reinventing a old, old wheel for the millionth time.
Just curious, but how many really high volume websites do run on MSSQL?
MySQL might not be all singing and all dancing but being able to handle load by throwing free boxes at it must be nice, and using MSSQL server in an environment where you don't even know how many databases you have could be somewhat expensive.
Something tells me using MySQL didn't really help them much, as all serious DBs out there have this shit covered by default.
In fact everything mentioned in this article is stuff I would have with SQL Server Standard Edition, and that's stuff that's been around at least since 2000.
Disclaimer: I'm somewhat of a DB-purist and I hate seeing things like this encouraged or praised, when I consider this reinventing a old, old wheel for the millionth time.