>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Freitas <sflist@stripped> writes:
>> Has anyone built a mysql database that one machine couldn't handle?
>> Our current machine is a dual ppro200 and we just can't kill it,
>> and it has only one drive. In two weeks we are building a dual
>> p3-450 with ICP Raid controller running ultra2 wide drives. We
>> discussed a mirroring solution but only for redundancy and not
>> performance. I'm just curious if anyone has maxed out a solid
>> server, and what they were doing to cause it.
Steve> A database we'll be using parts of measures 53 million records
Steve> in its entirety, spans almost 4 gigs, and our application will
Steve> require near-instantaneous response (don't they always?). Now,
Steve> I don't think we'll ever use the whole thing (we'll be starting
Steve> with no more than 500,000 records), but 4 to 8 million records
Steve> is likely. Of course, that still probably wouldn't require a
Steve> second server. As you've discussed, my need now is for
Steve> redundancy, not performance.
Steve> Another idea (for redundancy, not performance): Maybe the MySQL
Steve> databases are installed on a redundant file server pair in a
Steve> failover configuration. So one is passive, the other handles
Steve> all requests. The active one is accessed by one of two MySQL
Steve> servers, these also in a failover configuration.
Steve> The question there is whether the second fileserver could
Steve> successfully mirror the open MySQL database. It's said that you
Steve> can't backup an open MySQL database successfully. That
Steve> limitation would probably preclude doing this. Anyone ever
Steve> successfully backed up an open MySQL database without using a
Steve> SQL function to do it?
Hi!
We have talked about providing a new SQL command:
copy table table1,table2,table3.... directory
(On must of course have 'file privilege' to be able to do this)
To make it possible to make fast binary backups of used tables to a backup
directory. This shouldn't be that hard to do.
This isn't perfect as it doesn't allow one to make easy backups to
tape, but is probably a nice first step. Would this be of any help in
your case ?
Regards,
Monty
