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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. Postgresql has free mature replication by KPU · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Recently announced on the PostgreSQL website is commercially developed free and open replication for PostgreSQL. erserver is available for download. It is single master, many slave replication only.

  2. Re:-1:Troll by pyrrhonist · · Score: 0, Redundant
    MS SQL requires x86 hardware - No Sparc, No POWER, No MIPS. Just crappy x86.
    There is no 64 bit version os MS SQL.

    Bullshit! On the download page, there's binaries for all of the following OSes:

    • Linux (x86, S/390, IA64, Alpha, SPARC, and AMD64)
    • Windows (x86)
    • Solaris (SPARC 64-bit, SPARC 32bit, and x86)
    • FreeBSD (x86, and SPARC 64-bit)
    • MacOSX (PPC)
    • HP-UX (RISC, PS-RISC 1 and 2, PA-RISC 2 64-bit, and IA64 64bit)
    • AIX (RS6000)
    • QNX (x86)
    • Netware (x86)
    • SCO (x86)
    • OpenBSD (x86)
    • Irix (MIPS)
    • Dec OSF (Alpha)
    Then there's a source tarball, source RPM, and a zip file so you can compile your own (which I've done on Solaris 64-bit several times).
    All in all, I's say MySQL runs on a pretty diverse set of systems.
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