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Open Source Database Clusters?

Posted by Cliff on from the prime-time-league-contenders-yet? dept.

grugruto asks: "A lot of open source solutions are available to scale web sites with clusters but what about databases? I can't afford an Oracle RAC license but can I have something more reliable and fault tolerant than my single Postgres box? I have seen this recent article that looks promising for open source solutions. Do anyone have experiences with clusters of MySQL , Postgres-R, C-JDBC or other solutions? How does it compare to commercial products?"

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  1. Bailing wire and duct tape by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Works everytime.

    1. Re:Bailing wire and duct tape by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Clusters? Usually, we just tape a bunch of cats together...

    2. Re:Bailing wire and duct tape by nolife · · Score: 2, Funny

      Damn, I thought is was barbed wire. No wonder I was the only one having a hard time.

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  2. Re:transactionality is hard by subk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is it just me or is that last sentance rather hard to parse?

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  3. Huh? by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can "cluster" MySQL? Does it involve "rsync" and "cron"?

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  4. is it just me? by gfody · · Score: 3, Funny

    or does this term sound kind've like a made up buzzword like ".NET powered Java schemas!" or "SOAP servlet toaster oven with X-M-L!"

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  5. Re:What the author really wants by mcpkaaos · · Score: 2, Funny

    I get the feeling that in a room with more than one door, it takes you all day to find your way out. :)

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  6. Java's turn... by jerryasher · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here's another experience I love.

    I'm in mozilla, and I middle click a link. Somewhere in the background a page starts loading in a new tab. No problem. I will continue reading. Ah, background loading into new tabs.

    Then.

    The.machine.comes.to.a.halt.

    It.takes.me.awhile.to.realize.this.

    but.

    I.can.not.scroll.I.can.do.nothing.

    And I know what's happened. Some moron has a java applet displaying something wonderfully important like the fucking time in their little corner of hell, and if I wait about thirty more seconds, I'm going to hear a little pop, and I just know the sound of that pop is like the sound of a dick popping out of my anus, cause I know that java has just ass raped me, my browser, and my machine.

    Pop! Your clock is now ready sir!

    O U C H ! ! ! ! Rapist.

  7. Re:The big problem is replication by caluml · · Score: 2, Funny
    I swear, take your eyes off the internet for a weekend or two ...

    Your request to surrender your Slashdot licence has been noted, and accepted.

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  8. Re:transactionality is hard by nettdata · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean VMS has only advanced two major versions in ten years.

    Yeah... then all the maintainers went off and started Debian.

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