Some good advice already given, and I quite agree. MySQL is no light-weight -
comparable to MS SQLServer and Oracle in performance. Also, running the DB on a
dedicated DB server may buy some performance. If you must check out SQLServer, then
http://www.sqlteam.com is a good place to start. At work we are an ASP shop, and have
used Access for some lightweight apps, but the mandate now is to use IBM's DB2 UDB
product - a DB2 database server, also, a mainframe IBM OS-390 DB2 database. Don't
know the price tag, but they are very robust databases, if a bit quirky getting
Microsoft stuff to talk to IBM stuff...
You could connect via the ODBC functions of PHP.
Also try looking at http://www.4guysfromrolla.com and http://www.asptoday.com - not
trying to sell ASP - just good and varied resources with good articles about
databases in general can be found there in addition to asp material...
Phil J.
Doug Schasteen wrote:
> I've been programming PHP w/ mysql for almost 2 years now for my company. We develop
>online testing and surveying software. We are currently running operations for a few
>specific companies where maybe 20-30 tests will be taken online per day (it requires
>pulling the test questions out of the database in random order, and then putting all
>of their answers into the database at the end of the test.) This is currently running
>on a shared webserver using php3 and mysql. Recently we've been talking about some
>projects that will require a lot more use. (Could be 100 people taking a test at once
>or it could be 1000 people taking a test at once. We don't know yet.)
>
> If anyone has had some experience with upgrading as your operations grow, I'd
>appreciate if you could answer ANY of the following questions:
>
> 1. At what point will mysql blow up (how many tests could be taken at once? How many
>rows of results could be stored in a table before it bogs down?)
>
> 2. At what point will we need a dedicated server instead of shared-hosting?
>
> 3. How fast of a server do we need? Will a 1ghz server outperform a 500mhz server
>when using apache-php-mysql?
>
> 4. If we need a new database, what is the next step above mysql? I have some
>experience with Oracle but it is too expensive. Is there anything inbetween that is
>friendly to PHP?
>
> 5. If MS-SQL is an option for a database-upgrade. What are the implications of
>switching our server to a win32-based server? Will we have problems with PHP on
>windows when all of our scripts were programmed for unix?
>
> I realize these are a lot of questions and that we probably need some consulting
>work done, but if any of you could share your knowledge on any one of those topics I
>would really appreciate it. I just need something to give me a head start in my
>research. Point me in the right direction!
>
> - Doug Schasteen
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> P.S. - if you know of any good articles online that compare different servers or
>databases please share.
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