[Typo3-dev] RfC: Making DBAL more flexible and scalable

[Ernesto Baschny [cron IT]]

Michael Scharkow schrieb am 23.08.2005 17:45:

>> Have you tried a Mysql cluster? AFAIK it should handle such
>> situations. I don't know if there is a cluster available for PostgreSQL.

> As I wrote, MySQL cluster has some serious drawbacks for large databases
> (which we are talking about anyway): The main issue is that it's
> memory-only, i.e. you need *loads* of RAM for big databases. Moreover,
> data loss is to be expected on crashes, etc. See
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/mysql-cluster-faq.html

If you really need it and your customer is able to pay for it, you could
try the m/cluster solution by emic networks. It is said to have been
working with TYPO3 installations (e.g. www.wjt2005.de).


Cheers,
Ernesto