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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. Oh yes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FUCKING YES

  2. SLASHDOT MYTH #3 VS. REALITY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    MYTH #3: "R&D jobs don't go overseas. Hell, they don't even leave the US east and west coast, for the most part."

    REALITY:

  3. To answer one question: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Do anyone have experiences with clusters of MySQL , Postgres-R, C-JDBC or other solutions?

    Yes.

  4. Capitalism's a bitch and then ya die. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Capitalism's a bitch and then ya die.

    What more can I say...

  5. Re:Clustered JDBC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Remember the grandparent's first rule, people are stupid!

  6. Re:-1:Troll by zulux · · Score: 2, Troll


    Oracle has some amazing features, but PostgreSQL kicks the crap out of MS SQL Server -

    MS SQL skips record when it queries - more info here

    MS SQL crashes for no fucking reason.

    MS SQL requires x86 hardware - No Sparc, No POWER, No MIPS. Just crappy x86.

    There is no 64 bit version os MS SQL.

    PostgreSQL has a very robust multi-version concurency controll mechanism - somthing MS SQL could only dream of.

    And if your *REALLY* need to scale PostgreSQL - run is on a SUN/SGI/IBM.

    Not a bunch of fucking Intel toys.

    --

    Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.

  7. Imagine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    A beowulf cluster of these.

    You were thinking it, but only I had the courasge to say it.