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

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