[TYPO3-dev] Can some page ID point to another database?

[Martin Kutschker]

John Angel schrieb:
> 
> Why not using single database? If getting a lot of traffic, soon there will
> be problem with a huge MySQL tables, without any real solution what to do
> with it. If having several servers with identical Typo installations, it is
> easier to simply purchase another server and solve the problem.
> 
> I understand that DBAL can provide multiple databases access, but its
> per-table granularity is simply not enough in this case.

Why? There are only a couple of tables which get really huge, so you 
split them with DBAL. I don't think that there is really a reason 
(size-wise) to split up sys_templates and other common tables.

You could also try to use MERGE tables, but you must then find a way to 
make DBAL use them.

Masi