Hello, Boaz Yahav wrote: > > Well, > > My Site runs now on Solaris. Both the front end (Web Server / php code / > Apache) and the Database (Backend server). > We had some problems with Mysql and we don't find it 100% reliable for > such a busy site. We also want to use a db cluster > for high availability (we are talking about $200,000 of hardware and > software for the change). > > The code will still run on Apache / PHP / Solaris so there is no change > in that. Only the access to the Database will change.
Well, I can't speak from experience, but I was told that MySQL replication is very good. For the amount of money that you have as budget, I am sure you can pay a lot of MySQL AB certified consulting hours. I don't know what you mean that MySQL is not reliable. Does that have to do with scalability? There is a whole set of smart decisions to make regarding scalability before you decide to waste you money on commercial solutions. Anyway, before you jump on throw a lot of money to it and expect to do it, I think you would like to read (if you haven't already) this very compeling article on how the AmIHotOrNot.com site developers made it so scalable with just LAMP (Linux-Apache-MySQL). One of the things he states is that it seems that MySQL is much more optimized for Open Source platforms such as Linux than for instance Sun. http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2001/05/hong/ Maybe that is the way to go. If you make it that way, I would not mind getting half of your budget above for the advice. :-) Regards, Manuel Lemos -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
