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gaius
on May 8, 2009
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What database would you use to store (min) 10 bill...
Most large databases nowadays are divided by sharding
Err, this isn't even close to true. MySQL isn't the only database in the world, you know.
sgk284
on May 8, 2009
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Sharding has nothing to do with MySQL, and everything to do with scaling.
didroe
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I think the point was that the big DBs have better ways to deal with scaling than sharding.
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Err, this isn't even close to true. MySQL isn't the only database in the world, you know.