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Improving Database Performance?

Posted by Cliff on from the lead-foot-meet-database-gas-pedal dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "An acquaintance of mine runs a fair sized web community. Having nearly 280,000 users in a single MySQL database with about 12 mirrors accessing it, performance has become an big issue. I was wondering what practical methods could be used to lessen the load and decrease user query times. Funds are limited, so he'd rather not pay for a commercial database system at this time."

2 of 95 comments (clear)

  1. Shoulda by /dev/trash · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Went with Postgres.

  2. Re:Why Slashdot Fired Michael by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    [...] Nazi editor of Slashdot.
    When will you hideous Jews stop attributing to Aryans your own micromanagerial hubris?

    Glickman, MPAA; 'nough said.