Thierry Coopman writes: > Hi, > > I was wondering where the limits of MySQL are. > > I need >2000 updates per second on a table with +-200000 rows. > > I was wondering what the ideal hardware to accustom that would be. > For the moment a SunFire 280R with 1 CPU and the table in memory > (heap) seems to be able to handle 1800 updates a second. > > Is there a way to gain more speed, to update even more ?? > > Would a second CPU help? > > > > -- > Thierry Coopman - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > My opinions are personal, and have really nothing or nothing to do > with Keytrade! > > #RandomTag Hi! Yes, the above is quite possible. You should normalize your schema, optimize queries, tune up MySQL and make a perfect choice of hardware / OS and you can obtain better results then the one you expect. Regards, Sinisa For technical support contracts, goto http://order.mysql.com ____ __ _____ _____ ___ == MySQL AB /*/\*\/\*\ /*/ \*\ /*/ \*\ |*| Sinisa Milivojevic /*/ /*/ /*/ \*\_ |*| |*||*| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /*/ /*/ /*/\*\/*/ \*\|*| |*||*| Larnaca, Cyprus /*/ /*/ /*/\*\_/*/ \*\_/*/ |*|____ ^^^^^^^^^^^^/*/^^^^^^^^^^^\*\^^^^^^^^^^^ /*/ \*\ Developers Team --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php