On Thu, Aug 12, 1999 at 10:59:54AM -0500, Ken Jones wrote:
> >
> > As it stands, my POP server isn't exactly getting hammered anyhow..
>
> The guy running it said it is faster.
Hrm, thats interesting. I've seen strange things with MySQL,
things you'd expect to be slow are occasionally fast, and things
you'd expect to be fast are more often slow. It's still a nice piece
of software. And i'm sure it has a lot to do with your database design.
In terms of failover, in the event your mysql server dies, some sort of
method would be nice. I've rarely had a mysql server die and stay dead
for extended periods of time, but i suppose it can (and probobly does)
happen with atleast some regularity.
As far as speed, thats another issue depending on where you want to
put your actual database. Running the mysql server on the mailserver
may or may not be practical, but bet itd be pretty fast. At the same
time, you can do some nice things with localdirectors / serverirons to
implement some real redundancy of services.
All that stuffs expensive though. pff.
Oh well, just my $1/50.
Jonathan
