I wonder how much of that has to do with the added complexity of the caching layer and all the other moving parts in their current solution.
On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Even so, the data structure would not that complex. I'm be more > inclined to think most of the speed problems with Facebook site are > function of poor design rather than tool set. They apparently cannot > even write a simply select to show news feed posts in chronological > order across timezones. > > On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Makes no sense to port to a new db unless it is one specifically >> designed for the kind of scale they expect to see well into the >> future. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340183 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
