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Open Source Database Clusters?

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. I LIEK DONALD DUCK. HOW BOUT YOU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  2. MPLS? yuck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ATM barely worked...so let's make IP based ATM now...useless

  3. [OT]: Your sig by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    All you grammar nazis point correct me when I use affect as a noun, or effect as a verb, but I don't think even most grammar nazis really understand the difference.

    Check some definitions. Both words can be used as nouns or transitive verbs. It's complicated.

    The first definition of "affect" is "To have an influence on or effect a change in."

    Anyway. I guess not that complicated. But not the stupidest mistake someone could make.

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    There are no trails. There are no trees out here.
  4. Off topic, but it's not. Why PDF and not HTML? by jerryasher · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    PDF blows.

    I hate PDF links. On Windows the experience is great, let's come to a complete halt as I watch CPU load hit 100%, wait for a splash screen, and watch the damned thing decide to show me the text at 245% zoom.

    What a load of shit.

    What's wrong with HTML as a virus free, pleasant to experience, documentation format?

    Just say no to PDF.

  5. Re:SLASHDOT MYTH #3 VS. REALITY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just one comment about this: You do realize, of course, that there are about 4 billion people in Asia, right? That this is a MASSIVE market that companies like HP, IBM, and Microsoft can't ignore because of nationalism and protectionism? If you fail to see this as anything other than opportunity then you need to reassess.