[lug] server spec

[Bear Giles]

karl horlen wrote:
>> I would also look into whether mysql has
>> solved its load 
>> problems.  I know a while back postgresql had a
>> slower connect time(*) 
>> but handled heavier loads gracefully.  Mysql had a
>> faster connect time 
>> but would fail catastrophically once the load
>> crossed a magic threshold.
>>     
>
> don't know?
>   

I'm not sure what your question is.

I don't track mysql closely since it's a total nonstarter for me without 
referential integrity, but I'm sure it's improved in the years since 
that comparison.  Ultimately you can only know for sure after you set up 
a test box and hit it with a heavy, but representative, load.  500k 
requests/day is only about 6 per second on average, although you would 
want to test higher peak loads.