On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 05:33:14PM -0600, Sasha Pachev wrote: > MySQL can cluster with regular tables, although not automagically. You need > to write your application code with multiple servers in mind, which is not > that hard to do from the start, but near impossible if you already have an > application not built for it. However, if you do not have an application > yet, this should not be a problem.
But isn't that still just replication? If it is, it's still a LONG way from Oracle RAC. Which with 10.2 might finally be reliable. I've used Oracle for too long to be a big fan, but I've never seen anything for MySQL or PostgreSQL that comes close, even if RAC does have its flaky moments. Barry /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
