Re: Question about load balance

On 2012-06-12 10:48, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 06/11/12 11:29 PM, Condor wrote:
>> I think I'm trying to learn information what is the technique for
>> managing large databases
>> not to philosophize what was my server.
>
> you handle large databases with a lot of fast disk, and memory, this
> gets you into the terabytes.
>
> clustering/load balancing would not do for this, other than needing
> MORE fast disk (N replicas require N times the disk system of one
> database). clustering can provide active/slave failover for high
> availability, or it can provide replicas for balancing read queries.
> updates have to be made to all the replicas, so they wont be any
> faster than a single server (in fact, will be slower due to the
> overhead of replication
>
> --
> john r pierce N 37, W 122
> santa cruz ca mid-left coast

Thanks, I thought so, but I was not sure whether this is a better
option.

H.