Cabbar Duzayak wrote: > So my questions are: > > 1. The main question is, do you guys have any experience with this > much binary and regular data? Do you think Mysql can handle this much > data in a reliable manner (without corrupting data and/or > degrading/terrible performance) ?
I would say so, yes. One of my biggest databases holds 50-60million rows, and takes up about 5Gb diskspace. I don't think mysql will have any problems running what you describe. > 2. Can I implement this using regular SCSI disks with regular mysql? > Or do I have need advanced solutions such as clustered, replicated, > etc? Clustering and replication is more to do with data-availability. You'll probably benefit from using RAID in some form - depends on whether you need reliability or speed. > 3. Again, as you can understand, I want to minimize the cost here. If > you don't think I can use mysql, do you think Microsoft SQL server is > good enough for this task? I don't think so, no. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/freetrial - managed anti-spam and anti-virus solution. Sign up for your free 30-day trial now! -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
